Study: Technological progress alone won’t stem resource use
Researchers find no evidence of an overall reduction in the world’s consumption of materials.
Meeting of the minds for machine intelligence
Industry leaders, computer scientists, and venture capitalists gather to discuss how smarter computers are remaking our world.
Professor Emeritus Jay Forrester, digital computing and system dynamics pioneer, dies at 98
The inventor of an early form of RAM had an outsized influence on organizational dynamics, supply chains, and sustainability.
With new model, buildings may “sense” internal damage
System predicts how MIT’s tallest structure responds to vibrations, may help monitor stress over time.
Can today’s EVs make a dent in climate change?
Electric vehicles can meet drivers’ needs enough to replace nearly 90 percent of vehicles now on the road.
Better views with smaller satellites
Batches of shoebox-sized satellites could improve estimates of Earth’s reflected energy.
Seeking simple solutions with huge impacts
PhD student Cauam Cardoso assesses technologies that aim to help the world’s poor.
Mapping molecular neighborhoods
Associate Professor Ernest Fraenkel uses biological network modeling to identify new targets for disease.
Making India's waste streams sustainable
MIT researchers are developing a decision-support tool to help cities in India sustainably manage the societal and environmental impacts of their waste.
Building better trust between humans and machines
MIT-SUTD researchers are creating improved interfaces to help machines and humans work together to complete tasks.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offering new minors, subjects this fall
CEE creates three new undergraduate minors, adds new subjects to extend choice and opportunity.
A smart water grid for the Indus Basin
Architect and MIT Professor James Wescoat promotes institutional capacity building to manage a critical resource.
Using new models and big data to better understand financial risk
Bringing together engineers, data theorists, mathematicians, economists, biologists, and policy experts, IDSS is looking at financial risk through a multidisciplinary lens.