The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s oldest academic honor society, held its MIT induction ceremony…
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Solar-powered desalination device wins MIT $100K competition
The winner of this year’s MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition is commercializing a new water desalination technology.…
Material designed to improve power plant efficiency wins 2022 Water Innovation Prize
The winner of this year’s Water Innovation Prize is a company commercializing a material that could…
MIT Energy Conference focuses on climate’s toughest challenges
This year’s MIT Energy Conference, the largest student-led event of its kind, included keynote talks and…
Workshop tackles a critical gap slowing the development of new hardware technologies
A growing gap in the transition of inventions from research labs to market is slowing the…
Gina Raimondo: “Let’s get back to the business of building microchips in America”
The global semiconductor shortage, a major driver of ballooning U.S. inflation, is as much a national…
The promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligence explored at TEDxMIT event
Scientists, students, and community members came together last month to discuss the promise and pitfalls of…
With “Hello!” as its theme, 2.009 returns to the stage
On Monday night, Kresge Auditorium was lit up in the colors of the rainbow as a…
In MIT visit, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston ’05 explores the accelerated shift to distributed work
When the cloud storage firm Dropbox decided to shut down its offices with the outbreak of…