Controlling RNA in living cells
Modular, programmable proteins can be used to track or manipulate gene expression.
Media Lab
Collegiate inventors awarded 2016 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
Students recognized for inventive solutions to challenges in health care, transportation, consumer devices, food, and agriculture.
Experiencing underwater worlds, virtually
"Amphibian" SCUBA simulator advances the field of virtual reality while exploring the relationship between diving and disability.
Using new models and big data to better understand financial risk
Bringing together engineers, data theorists, mathematicians, economists, biologists, and policy experts, IDSS is looking at financial risk through a multidisciplinary lens.
Using data from social networks to understand and improve systems
Researchers in IDSS are learning how ideas evolve over networks, quantifying the influence of individuals in networks, and making better predictions.
April 12 symposium: Take an immersive, intellectual journey across campus
Beyond 2016: MIT’s Frontiers of the Future event offers a playful introduction to research at MIT.
MIT named No. 1 university worldwide for architecture, No. 2 for art and design
QS World University Rankings give top ratings to MIT in architecture, arts programs.
President Serzh A. Sargsyan of Armenia visits MIT
Tour includes meeting with MIT President L. Rafael Reif, visit to Media Lab.
Reflection-removing camera
Device uses depth sensor and signal processing to capture clear images through windows.
Plotting the complex path of products
Startup’s software maps out convoluted supply chains for companies and consumers
Architecture symposium March 30 and 31: Exploring the campus then, now, next
Event welcomes more than 20 speakers over four sessions on designing places for inventing the future.
Innovating for billions
Emerging Worlds, a Media Lab and Tata Center initiative, seeks to catalyze change on a massive scale.
Wristband detects and alerts for seizures, monitors stress
Wearable tracks increased skin conductance that signals stress, helps identify dangerous seizures.
MIT Media Lab and MIT Press launch Journal of Design and Science
Journal will offer a new, open-access alternative for academic publishing.
A living, breathing textile aims to enhance athletic performance
Researchers in the Media Lab's bioLogic group have created a new form of performance fabric that combines biomaterials research with textile design.