Learn about the International Development Design Summit (IDDS), a gathering that, for each of the last five summers, has brought dozens of people from around the world together for a workshop to develop devices to improve the lives of people living in less-affluent parts of the world.

Japan’s nuclear meltdowns provide valuable lessons for the design of future nuclear powerplants.

In countries that lack financial records, how can we tell who is truly poor? An innovative study suggests: Ask the neighbors.

An MIT paper co-authored by Michael Pasqual SM ‘10 and associate professor Olivier de Weck won a "Reviewers’ Favorite" award at the International Conference on Engineering Design 2011 (ICED'11), held this week in Copenhagen, Denmark.

MIT cognitive neuroscientists shed light on how the brain responds to scenes and their mirror-image reversals.

Analysis by MIT researchers could lead to improved coatings using polymer-based nanocomposite materials.

Neuroscientists identify brain activity that predicts how well you will remember images.

Yoel Fink PhD ’00, a professor of materials science and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow, has been named the next director of MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics.

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New MIT technology could lead to better drug delivery and artificial tissues that imitate natural tissue.