Study sheds light on a classic visual illusion
Neuroscientists delve into how background brightness influences our perception of an object.
Neuroscientists delve into how background brightness influences our perception of an object.
Longtime professor played a major role in encouraging MIT to ask new questions that significantly broadened the Institute’s educational mission.
Whisk-shaped device absorbs trace contaminants, preserves them in dry state that can be shipped to labs for analysis.
New book explores the use of blood in political rhetoric, imagery, and activism, and even the politics of blood drives.
Startup Khethworks is deploying solar-powered pumps to help poor farmers in India irrigate crops all year long.
Following a successful project creating bricks from pulp plant waste in northern India, Elsa Olivetti is looking for ways to repurpose slag produced by the metals industry.
MIT historian Sana Aiyar sheds new light on the complexities of independence movements and global migration.
Professors share prize with Michael Kremer of Harvard University, are cited for breakthrough antipoverty work.
MIT researchers employ low-cost sensors to detect and track the origins of air pollutants in India.
Study offers models for preserving the privacy of citizens while using their data to improve government services.
PhD student Elise Harrington studies the ways rural communities in Kenya and India learn about solar energy products and their options as consumers.
New research provides a look at how India could meet its climate targets while maintaining economic growth
Economist’s study of rickshaw drivers shows effects of alcohol consumption on financial decision-making.
J-WAFS announces graduate fellowships for Sahil Shah and Peter Godart, both of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Award will support research for "A Counter History of Computing in India."