The kilo is dead. Long live the kilo!
An old artifact kept in a vault outside Paris is no longer the standard for the kilogram. Now, nature itself provides the definition.
An old artifact kept in a vault outside Paris is no longer the standard for the kilogram. Now, nature itself provides the definition.
“Being capable of thinking quantitatively — it’s the single most important thing,” says the former NFL lineman.
At the piano and in the lab, double major Tony Zhang is driven by curiosity and creativity.
On Monday, May 20, Professor and Nobel laureate Wolfgang Ketterle will explain the new standards of measurement for mass, charge, temperature, and mole.
Three MIT undergraduates honored for their academic achievements.
After nearly 60 years of teaching at MIT, this math professor surpasses 10 million views on OCW, earns top reviews for his teaching style, and publishes his 12th book.
Algorithm stitches multiple datasets into a single “panorama,” which could provide new insights for medical and biological studies.
Data-sampling method makes “sketches” of unwieldy biological datasets while still capturing the full diversity of cell types.
Shor awarded the $150,000 prize, named after a fifth-century B.C. Chinese scientist, for his groundbreaking theoretical work in the field of quantum computation.
Professors David Jerison, Hong Liu, and Seth Mnookin are among 168 recognized.
More than a decade after creating the Celebration of Women in Mathematics at MIT, Staffilani talks about the present and future of women in the field.
Ten staff members in the School of Science are recognized for going above and beyond their job descriptions to support a better Institute.
At this year's MacVicar Day symposium, faculty and students reflect on the challenges and joys of education in the 21st century.
Senior Danielle Wang, a two-time Elizabeth Putnam Prize winner, is well on her way to becoming a career mathematician.
Female graduate students in the Department of Mathematics unite to encourage community and to extend an invitation to prospective MIT students.