Coaching platform improves health outcomes, lowers medical costs
New app lets patients work alone or with others to prevent, monitor, and reverse chronic disease.
A rose by any other name would smell as yeast
Emily Havens Greenhagen ’05 leads a team of scientists brewing perfume from yeast.
Wearable device reveals consumer emotions
Startup’s stress sensor tracks users’ unconscious responses to products and experiences.
Using sensors and social networks to make slopes safer
Alumni aim to make outdoor sports safer through gathering data and building a real-time social network.
The art of construction: Chemistry lab takes center stage in an artist’s exhibition
In search of a space under construction in which to stage an art installation, grad student Angel Chen was drawn to Building 18’s fourth floor lab renovation.
Jessica Myers: Liberté, Égalité, Sécurité
A novel thesis in the form of a podcast gives voice to issues of security and identity in New York and Paris.
MIT team races to second in electric car competition
Strong performances across multiple categories boost MIT Motorsports electric vehicle team at SAE Collegiate Design Series event in Lincoln, Nebraska.
STEX event showcases innovations in fitness technology and science
Entrepreneurs, researchers, and industry experts build connections at workshop.
Featured video: Bringing “Einstein’s Dreams” to life
An MIT student in engineering and theater arts melds her dual passions to bring physics to the stage.
After MIT, new officers will serve their country
Following their MIT studies, graduates in MIT’s Reserve Officer Training Corps set off on new challenges in the U.S. military.
Batteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles
Startup’s novel aluminum batteries increase the range of UUVs tenfold.
Monitoring and mitigating mercury
Amanda Giang PhD '17 models a pollutant’s pathways and helps decision makers craft more effective mitigation policies.
NASA selects three from MIT for astronaut training
Chari, Hoburg, and Moghbeli, all with ties to the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, represent a quarter of NASA's astronaut candidate Class of 2017.
Tim Cook to MIT grads: “How will you serve humanity?”
Apple CEO urges graduating class to “work toward something greater than yourself.”
MIT Corporation elects 10 term members, four life members
Term members will each serve two or five years on MIT’s board of trustees.