Memorial ceremony for Officer Sean Collier
Memorial ceremony for Officer Sean Collier
On April 24, 2013 in Briggs Field, thousands of law enforcement officials joined the MIT community in honoring fallen MIT Police Officer Sean Collier.
Barker Reading Room Opening
Barker Reading Room Opening
After an extensive renovation project, the Barker Library reading room has reopened to reveal the grandeur of the restored oculus atop the Great Dome, and the beauty of the rotunda’s original architecture.
Darwin, Mice and Picky Peacocks
Darwin, Mice and Picky Peacocks
Natural selection at work.
Walter Lewin: Bringing physics 'for the man on the street'
Walter Lewin: Bringing physics 'for the man on the street'
An interesting feature on the MIT Professor Emeritus of Physics by LaInformacion.com.
UROP Profile: Natalia Vélez
UROP Profile: Natalia Vélez
An undergraduate helps MIT's Brain and Cognitive Science Department find a cure for Huntington's disease.
UROP Profile: Prashanth Venkataram
UROP Profile: Prashanth Venkataram
An MIT undergraduate models a new class of material: the photonic crystal.
Building the solar car
Building the solar car
Used with permission from "Chronicle" (WCVB-Boston).
MIT Sloan Experts | Changing the Finance-Driven Economic ...
MIT Sloan Experts | Changing the Finance-Driven Economic Mindset
MIT Sloan Professor of Management Thomas Kochan discusses how financial analysts have pressured businesses to perform financially.
Chemiluminescence: the chemistry of light
Chemiluminescence: the chemistry of light
What makes a glow stick glow?
MIT Sloan Experts | Argentina's inflation rate deception
MIT Sloan Experts | Argentina's inflation rate deception
Alberto Cavallo, the Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, discusses how Argentina has lied about its inflation rate.
A look inside the MIT Hobby Shop
A look inside the MIT Hobby Shop
Now in its 75th year, we take a look back how the Hobby Shop began, and how it evolved to what it is today.
Ability to Crystalize Imagination Key to Success of Nations
Ability to Crystalize Imagination Key to Success of Nations
A brief discussion by César Hidalgo, the Asahi Broadcast Corporation Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences.
A game to map the brain: Amy Robinson at TEDxNijmegen 2013
A game to map the brain: Amy Robinson at TEDxNijmegen 2013
Amy Robinson is a research affiliate in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
The Attractiveness Of Magnetic Fields
The Attractiveness Of Magnetic Fields
What causes a material to be magnetic?
Introduction to Wind Power
Introduction to Wind Power
How does a windmill create electricity
Aristotle vs. Galileo: The Race of All Time
Aristotle vs. Galileo: The Race of All Time
Do all objects fall at the same rate, regardless of weight or size?
MIT Sloan Experts | Innovating Beyond GDP
MIT Sloan Experts | Innovating Beyond GDP
MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer Otto Scharmer on how there is mounting discontent with GDP as the main indicator of social and economic progress.
MIT Sloan Student Experience
MIT Sloan Student Experience
What MIT Sloan students have to say about their experiences and why they chose MIT Sloan.
Robert Langer on biomaterials for the 21st century
Robert Langer on biomaterials for the 21st century
Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor, discusses his research in material science and biomaterials at TEDxBigApple.
Nanowires can lift liquids without power
Nanowires can lift liquids without power
New research has demonstrated for the first time that when inserted into a pool of liquid, nanowires naturally draw the liquid upward in a thin film that coats the surface of the wire.