Historian of science Charles Weiner dies at 80
Longtime faculty member was a pre-eminent analyst of the political, social and ethical dimensions of contemporary science.
How to kick-start new energy technologies
Three-year study produces proposals for boosting energy innovation to meet growing demand, curb global warming.
Searching for balloons in a social network
The key to mobilizing large numbers of people is incentives, study finds.
Fellowship supports MIT Sloan students working on societal challenges
A Q&A with two fellowship grantees, Dante Cassanego and Julie Lein.
What it takes to make every vote count
MIT hosts Voting Technology Project conference to reinvigorate public discussion on election integrity.
Science school for judges
MIT and the Broad Institute open their doors to the judicial community for a workshop at the intersection of science and the law.
Cracking the code
MIT sociologist’s book takes an insider look at investment banking and the high-risk trades that can spin out of control.
In the World: Design summit’s inventions find willing buyers
Devices to improve lives in developing countries are so appealing that even the initial prototypes attract buyers.
In Profile: Kenneth Oye
A political scientist aims to help governments assess the potential risks of new technologies.
Hippie days
How a handful of countercultural scientists changed the course of physics in the 1970s and helped open up the frontier of quantum information.
Facing the future
Wael Ghonim, the Google executive and lauded online activist behind Egypt’s democracy movement, urges ‘action’ during a time of uncertainty.
On an Irish Island, technology takes its time
Robert Kanigel explores how modernity has influenced our pace of life.
Which technologies get better faster?
New analysis helps predict which new systems will be on a fast track to improvements in performance.
Charles L. Miller Symposium honors Professor Daniel Roos
Looks at the rich past, exciting future of engineering systems