by Anne Trafton | MIT News Office In middle-schoolers, neuroscientists find differences in brain structures where knowledge is stored. Many years of research have shown that for students from lower-income families, […]
by Anne Trafton | MIT News Office In middle-schoolers, neuroscientists find differences in brain structures where knowledge is stored. Many years of research have shown that for students from lower-income families, […]
by Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office Say you’re out shopping for basic household goods — perhaps orange juice and soup. Or light bulbs. Or diapers for your young child. How […]
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, named Michael Stonebraker of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recipient of the 2014 ACM A.M. Turing Award for fundamental contributions to the concepts and practices […]
Complementary programs will address cybersecurity from the perspectives of technology, public policy, and organizational management. by Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office Computer-network security breaches are never out of the news for […]
author: Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office If you live in a city, you know that a fair amount of your movement around town is social in nature. But how much, exactly? […]
The 2015 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to the groundbreaking chemical engineer Dr Robert Langer for his revolutionary advances and leadership in engineering at the interface with chemistry and […]
High-speed imaging captures raindrops releasing clouds of aerosols on impact. Ever notice an earthy smell in the air after a light rain? Now scientists at MIT believe they may have identified the […]
International Conference Report “Better Science, Better Health: New Trial Pathways and Better Patient Data” On October 21st, an international group of experts was invited to the Royal College of Physicians in London […]
Are Americans getting dumber? Our math skills are falling. Our reading skills are weakening. Our children have become less literate than children in many developed countries. But the crisis in American education […]
The White House announced Thursday 4/9/204 that it has named its next Chief Technology Officer. She is Megan Smith, a Google executive with decades of experience in Silicon Valley. The Obama administration […]
The Future of Education by Thomas Frey Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute “Education is now the number one economic priority in today’s global economy.” John Naisbitt, Author of […]