Hacking health care
PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design.
New way to predict how traffic will flow
Model provides a more accurate tool for city planning, emergency evacuations, tracking disease spread.
Shedding light on the future of photovoltaics
MIT study finds unprecedented production of metals needed to meet some solar energy goals.
MIT holds MBROSE practical research workshop
On May 2, Yaniv Mordecai of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Elbit Systems will present the “Model-Based Risk-Oriented Systems Engineering (MBROSE) Practical Research Workshop.”
Study finds piece-by-piece approach to emissions policies can be effective
New analysis shows that policies addressing energy consumption and technology choices individually can play an important part in reducing emissions.
Dahleh appointed to new roles
Leading ESD and planning for a potential MIT-wide effort in the areas of socio-technical systems, information and decision systems, and statistics.
Five from MIT named AAAS fellows
The professors were recognized by their peers for their efforts to advance science or its applications.
Study finds more spending on fire suppression may lead to bigger fires
Researchers emphasize balancing fire suppression with prevention measures.
How do we balance needs of energy, water, and climate?
MIT study underscores need to examine trade-offs before choosing energy technologies.
Workshop aims to unite research and practice
MIT Leading Technology and Policy (LTP) Initiative gathers experts from technical and policy communities
MIT researchers seek to create tool to identify sources of foodborne illness outbreaks
Team receives two-year award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Innovation in renewable-energy technologies is booming
New study shows that research investments and growing markets have fueled a huge rise in new patents.
