The soul of MIT is research. For more than 150 years, the Institute has brought together teaching, engineering and scientific studies to produce a series of advancements. Many of these advancements are world-changing and occupy all corners of science and technology, from advanced engineering to the study of genetics and the arts.
MIT announced that the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) will host an Intel research center that will develop...
The report is made by the Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons...
President Hockfield and Provost Robert A. Brown announce the establishment of an Energy Research Council to spearhead efforts...
Discovery A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT is completed. As a result of the study...
Discovery Scientists from MIT and Caltech, along with others around the world, have made the first direct detection of gravitational waves reaching the Earth...
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MIT is chosen for a key role in the Human Genome Initiative, whose goal is to map all 23 human chromosomes.
Discovery The TX-0 computer (transistorized experimental computer 0) is designed, constructed and operated by Lincoln Laboratory to evaluate the use of transistor circuitry...
Discovery Harold "Doc" Edgerton ScD '31 perfects the stroboscope and uses it in a wide variety of applications, including high-speed photography...
A small wind tunnel using air current from MIT's ventilating system is built by MIT student Albert J. Wells...
