Inaugural class of MIT-GSK Gertrude B. Elion Research Fellows selected
New fellowship program honoring trailblazing Nobel laureate awards four MIT postdocs focused on drug discovery and development.
AFFOA and VMS launch Advanced Fabrics Entrepreneurship Program
Year-long program will give early-stage entrepreneurs a leg up in the functional fabrics industry.
Asking the questions that unlock innovation
The MIT Leadership Center's Hal Gregersen says brainstorming in “question bursts” is the best way for innovative leaders and problem solvers to find solutions.
Photonic communication comes to computer chips
Startup’s optoelectronic chips could reduce energy usage by up to 50 percent in data centers while increasing computing speeds.
Artificial intelligence in action
At the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, researchers are training computers to recognize dynamic events.
KSA meeting puts “Spotlight” on region’s diversity issues
At annual event, Boston Globe’s Spotlight team discusses its latest investigation into racism in Boston.
Measuring the economy with location data
Startup’s platform crunches anonymized smartphone GPS data to understand how people shop, work, and live.
Paper-folding art inspires better bandages
Cutting kirigami-style slits in stretchy films could make for bandages, heat pads, and wearable electronics that adhere to flexible surfaces.
Cheetah III robot preps for a role as a first responder
Sangbae Kim is now developing the Cheetah III as a commercially viable robot to operate in compromised emergency response environments.
Professor Tom Leighton wins 2018 Marconi Prize
Akamai co-founder honored for pioneering content delivery network services industry.
MIT and newly formed company launch novel approach to fusion power
Goal is for research to produce a working pilot plant within 15 years.
A new era in fusion research at MIT
MIT Energy Initiative founding member Eni announces support for key research through MIT Laboratory for Innovation in Fusion Technologies.
3Q: Zach Hartwig on MIT's big push on fusion
Researchers will work with industrial collaborators to pursue fusion as a source of carbon-free power.
Smart manufacturing program boosts productivity in factories
MIT Smart Manufacturing Leadership Program provides education, hands-on experience to leaders at manufacturing giant.
Eric Schmidt provides support to MIT Intelligence Quest
Gift will help launch new Institute-wide initiative in human and machine intelligence research.