Collaboration

Understanding and predicting materials behaviorDepartment of Nuclear Science and Engineering takes an interdisciplinary approach

MIT’s place in the worldInaugural symposium addresses the Institute’s global engagement.

The art of being interdisciplinaryBabel Working Group hosts 'Cruising in the Ruins' conference

MIT OpenCourseWare releases first episode of the ChemLab Boot Camp SeriesVideos follow 14 MIT freshmen through their introduction to hands-on science.

Study maps pollution’s pathway to the Arctic, sets path for future researchMIT researchers have built a model that will be further developed as part of an NSF-funded project to track how chemicals get to remote Arctic environments.

Researchers identify biochemical functions for most of the human genomeNew map provides a reference for interpreting function of disease-associated regions.

ChemLab Boot Camp: MIT OpenCourseWare launches reality seriesA new series of videos to be published this fall follows 14 MIT freshmen through their introduction to hands-on science.

Sana AudioPulse wins Mobile Health Challenge

Study: Many Americans die with ‘virtually no financial assets’Innovative research shows large divergence in retirement saving outcomes, with the single elderly faring worse than married couples.

UC Berkeley joins edXUC Berkeley joins Harvard and MIT not-for-profit online-learning collaborative; edX broadens free course offerings into public health, computer science and solid-state chemistry; opens registration

Lessons learned from MITx’s prototype courseAs the team behind MIT’s ambitious online learning program gears up to introduce new courses in the fall, it takes stock of its initial experiences.

MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing ‘big data’An Intel research center based at MIT will be the cornerstone of a new research project dubbed ‘bigdata@CSAIL.’

CourseRoad, Dormbase win 2012 iCampus Student PrizesCourseRoad named grand prize winner; Dormbase named runner-up

Entrepreneurial students dive into product design and developmentJoint MIT-RISD course yields concepts from iPad-friendly backpacks to waste-free sugar.

Studying school quality, to fight inequalityNew MIT center examines education and its lifelong effects.

First light from a super-Earth spottedDetection reveals a searing planet.

Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cellsNew method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.

MIT and Harvard launch a ‘revolution in education’Online edX courses will open both universities’ classrooms to the world while enhancing on-campus learning.

MIT and Harvard announce edXJoint partnership builds on MITx and Harvard distance learning; aims to benefit campus-based education and beyond.

What is edX?Answering common questions about MIT and Harvard’s new partnership in online education.

MIT launches student-produced educational video initiativeOriginal short videos, in collaboration with Khan Academy, aim to fuel K-12 students’ interest in engineering and science.

Pinpointing how antibiotics workTeam uncovers mechanism that produces fatal DNA damage in bacteria.

A taxing issueIn book talk, MIT economist Simon Johnson and co-author James Kwak emphasize need to raise revenues to cope with national debt.

Targeted nanoparticles show success in clinical trialsTiny particles designed to home in on cancer cells achieve tumor shrinkage at lower doses than traditional chemotherapy.

All in a day’s work: Design and print your own robotMIT project, funded with $10 million NSF grant, could transform robotic design and production