Mathematics

The math gap

MIT economists find a new reason to think that environment, not innate ability, determines how well girls do in math class

November 4, 2009

'Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist'

October 26, 2009

MIT Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals presents new 'Flu 101' web site

October 1, 2009

Three researchers win presidential early career awards

July 10, 2009

Peeling stickers may lead way to stretchable electronics

New model enables precise design of damage-resistant materials

June 15, 2009

Mathematicians take aim at 'phantom' traffic jams

New model could help design better roads

June 9, 2009

Charles and Holly Housman Awardees Angelica Osorno, Chris Kottke and Chris Evans.

Mathematics awards

June 3, 2009

Eight from MIT elected to AAAS

April 20, 2009

Two from MIT in top 5 at Putnam math contest

April 2, 2009

Math professor discovers chaos on a 'fluid trampoline'

Latest milestone in MIT's contributions to chaos theory

December 22, 2008

Numbers and words

New book chronicles rise of MIT math department

December 3, 2008

Kenneth Hoffman, former math department head, 77

October 1, 2008

MIT Professor Tom Peacock in lab where his group performed experiments on a new approach to unsteady flow separation.

MIT solves 100-year-old engineering problem

Insights on fluid flow could impact fuel efficiency, more

September 24, 2008

MIT associate professor Josh Tenenbaum and his former student, Charles Kemp, have developed a computer algorithm that can select the best type of structure to fit a set of data. Such structures, shown here, include linear order, rings and clusters.

MIT model helps computers sort data more like humans

August 25, 2008

The backswimmer Notonecta hangs inverted from the water's surface. Its respiratory bubble covers the bulk of its body.

Life in a bubble

Research shows how insects use trapped oxygen to breathe underwater

July 29, 2008

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