Social media’s ‘law’ of short messages
Study shows a regular decline in length of social media messaging during public events as the volume of messages increases.
Telecommunications data show civic dividing lines in major countries
New study uses network data to show communication patterns and divisions in many major nations.
Reducing wasted energy in commercial buildings
Much energy is wasted heating and cooling indoor spaces when no one or almost no one is present. Now, MIT researchers have used their own campus to demonstrate a means of measuring that energy/occupancy mismatch.
Can telecom data help redraw political boundaries?
By analyzing one of the world’s largest databases of phone data, researchers partition Great Britain into densely interconnected regions.
Academic, industry and government leaders explore systems thinking
Annual conference examines how approach could help solve the world's pressing problems.
MIT’s big wheel in Copenhagen
New bicycle wheel not only boosts power, but also can keep track of friends, fitness, smog and traffic
MIT goes to Copenhagen
Delegation of MIT professors, students and alumni attend historic global warming conference to present research and report on event
