Climate Change The climate optimist Susan Solomon’s research pinpointed how CFCs caused the Antarctic ozone hole—and later showed that the Montreal Protocol is helping to mend it. She’s convinced we can make progress on addressing climate change, too. by Amanda Schaffer 2019-02-27T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Boosting AI’s IQ Today’s artificial intelligence is far from intelligent. But Josh Tenenbaum, PhD ’99, is working on it. by Amanda Schaffer 2018-06-27T00:00:00-04:00
MIT News feature The Remarkable Career of Shirley Ann Jackson Shirley Ann Jackson ’68, PhD ’73, worked to help bring about more diversity at MIT, where she was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate. She then applied her mix of vision and pragmatism in the lab, in Washington, and at the helm of a major research university. by Amanda Schaffer 2017-12-19T00:00:00-05:00
MIT News feature How the Brain Seeks Pleasure and Avoids Pain Neuroscientist Kay Tye tackles the physical basis of emotions and behavior. by Amanda Schaffer 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
MIT News feature From Bottle Rockets to Bionic Spinach Michael Strano set off hydrogen-fueled rockets as a kid. Today his lab is developing nanosensors, bionic plants, nanoscale ice wires, and a brand-new source of energy. by Amanda Schaffer 2017-02-22T00:00:00-05:00
MIT News feature The Polymath Philanthropist Mathematician Jim Simons ’58, founder of a wildly successful hedge fund and a philanthropic foundation, now invests in autism and cosmology research that could prove game-changing. by Amanda Schaffer 2016-10-18T00:00:00-04:00
MIT News feature Reinterpreting the Human Genome Manolis Kellis helped lead a major effort to map the chemical tags that cells use to get their instructions from DNA. by Amanda Schaffer 2016-06-21T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: Robots That Teach Each Other What if robots could figure out more things on their own and share that knowledge among themselves? by Amanda Schaffer 2016-02-23T00:00:00-05:00
News A Renaissance Woman for the Nano Age Sangeeta Bhatia, SM ’93, PhD ’97—an engineer, doctor, entrepreneur, and mother—invented a device that tests whether potential drugs are toxic. Now she’s working on fighting malaria and curing cancer. by Amanda Schaffer 2016-02-23T00:00:00-05:00
MIT News feature Puzzle Corner’s Keeper Allan Gottlieb ’67 has been serving up math challenges to alumni and friends for half a century. by Amanda Schaffer 2015-12-22T00:00:01-05:00
