Women Who Inspire: Elaine Kwon
Women Who Inspire: Elaine Kwon
Kwon is celebrated concert pianist, a martial arts expert and Nike fitness model and a lecturer at MIT
Whitehead director talks Y chromosome with Stephen Colbert
Whitehead director talks Y chromosome with Stephen Colbert
Whitehead Institute Director David Page appears on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report to engage in a little lively banter about the future of the human Y chromosome.
Where Biology and Geology Meet
Where Biology and Geology Meet
Geobiologist, and Hayes Career Dev. Assoc. Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Tanja Bosak studies microbial fossils to understand the parallel evolution of life and the environment. She also undertakes laboratory experiments on modern microbes to ...
What is the smart grid(s)
What is the smart grid(s)
A brief discussion by Stephen Connors, director of the Analysis Group for Regional Energy Alternatives (AGREA).
What is Soap?
What is Soap?
Why does soap work to get the grease and dirt off of dirty pans and other things when water alone can't do the job?
What is MISTI like?
What is MISTI like? Students discuss their 2012 experiences
Students discuss their experiences with the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI).
Welcome to The MIT Game Lab
Welcome to The MIT Game Lab
Formerly The Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, the new MIT Game Lab begins October 1st 2012.
Welcome Remarks: MIT and the Digital Economy
Welcome Remarks: MIT and the Digital Economy
This conference highlighted MIT’s role in both understanding and shaping the digital economy.
Weather in a tank
Weather in a tank
Since 2001, Lodovica Illari and her colleague John Marshall have worked to make rotating fluid dynamics more intuitive for undergraduate students studying weather and climate, using a demonstration aptly named "Weather in a Tank."
Water-repellent surfaces that last
Water-repellent surfaces that last
Ceramic forms of hydrophobic materials could be far more durable than existing coatings or surface treatments.
Water Scarcity and Desalination
Water Scarcity and Desalination
A brief discussion with John Lienhard, the Samuel C. Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Watching the Arctic Melt: Surveying with Sound
Watching the Arctic Melt: Surveying with Sound
Art Baggeroer & Henrik Schmidt
Watching the Arctic Melt: Geopolitics
Watching the Arctic Melt: Geopolitics
Rear Adm. Richard Pittenger, USN
Watching the Arctic Melt: Ecosystem Adaptation
Watching the Arctic Melt: Ecosystem Adaptation
Carin Ashjia
Watching the Arctic Melt, part 1
Watching the Arctic Melt, part 1
Symposium on the Arctic Ocean
Walter Lewin: Art through the Eyes of a Physicist
Walter Lewin: Looking at 20th Century Art through the Eyes of a Physicist
Physicist Walter Lewin shares his personal insights into major works of art from the first quarter of the 20th century.
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.
A one-trillion-frames-per-second camera?
Visualizing video at the speed of light -- one trillion frames per second
MIT Media Lab researchers have created a new imaging system that can acquire visual data at a rate of one trillion frames per second. That's fast enough to produce a slow-motion video of light traveling through objects.
Visionaries: Tod Machover
Visionaries: Tod Machover
WBUR's Visionaries series featured Tod Machover of the MIT Media Lab, and his use of music in therapy for emotionally and physically challenged individuals.