Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

Science and policy can catalyze each other, EPA head saysIn MIT visit, Lisa Jackson discusses how technology can affect government regulations.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts and social sciences digest for April 2011

Scheib wins 2011 Guggenheim FellowshipAssociate professor of theater arts awarded prestigious honor for mid-career professionals.

Cast your vote in the MIT Global ChallengeCommunity Choice Voting begins today and continues through April 25.

A 3-D landscape of soundAward-winning composer Keeril Makan shares his distinctive creative process with MIT students

Lisa Porter: A new breed of research for national security

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for March 2011

Attention: Light Tunnel Ahead!FAST installations transform the campus; new site notes when construction will be taking place.

Research update: Continuous medical monitoringTiny 'microworms' could be implanted under the skin to give readout of blood sugar levels or other biomedical information.

Martin Hackl's Experimental Syntax and Semantics Lab generates knowledge about meaning formationRole of linguistic form stronger than previously realized.

Vander Heiden wins cancer innovation awardAwarded $450,000 grant over three years

Ask a linguist: Q&A with David PesetskyProfessor, AAAS fellow discusses 'Universal Grammar,' relationship between language and music

Sen. Scott Brown visits MITThe Massachusetts Republican says the kind of work done at MIT 'can get our economy going.'

Video: Innovation’s impact on economic growthNewest segment from the MIT150's 'Elemental MIT' series focuses on topics highlighted in Tuesday's State of the Union address.

How a simple phone call could provide Haitians with workMedia Lab students deploy trial of free phone service in Port-Au-Prince to match Haiti's unemployed with reconstruction jobs.

Survey reveals potential innovation gap in the U.S.: Young women possess characteristics of inventors, but do not see themselves as inventive2011 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index uncovers inventive perception among young Americans

Alumni Class Funds seeks proposals for teaching and education enhancement

Canned, goodMore than 100 years ago, 2 pioneering scientists figured out how to keep canned food safe.

Coming soon: The MIT Global ChallengeFor 10 years, student innovators have helped underserved communities through the IDEAS Competition. Soon, the global MIT community can join the effort.

A new approach to bladder-disease treatmentImplanted device can release slow, steady dose of medicine over extended period, removing the need for repeated procedures.

Test kitchen, MIT-styleStudents in this year’s product-engineering class serve up food-related innovations.

3 Questions: Joseph Coughlin on aging and drivingAs the Baby Boomers become senior citizens, is a mobility crisis coming down the road?

Dealing with the Data DelugeMIT Sloan Management Review study: Top-performing companies most likely to use analytics in order to make decisions

MIT researchers test automatic parallel parkingAgeLab study: Driver-assistance systems can increase wellness and safety behind the wheel

Can fluid dynamics offer insights into quantum mechanics?Experiments in which fluid droplets mimic the odd behavior of subatomic particles recall an abandoned interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for October 2010

Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grants awarded to high schools nationwideGrants meant to inspire teens to improve the world through invention; awarded to 14 high schools

Bringing innovation to the worldMIT’s Deshpande Center helps technologies bridge the gap between the lab and the marketplace. The Obama administration likes what it sees.

MIT undergraduate showcases work at White House science fairEvent also features 2 high-school teams that won grants from the Lemelson-MIT Program.

Your vital signs, on cameraMIT team develops system for continuous medical monitoring using widely available video technology.