QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2019-20
Ranked at the top for the eighth straight year, the Institute also places first in 11 of 48 disciplines.
Ranked at the top for the eighth straight year, the Institute also places first in 11 of 48 disciplines.
Researchers have found a simple formula that could be useful for air purification, space propulsion, and molecular analyses.
“I love teaching,” says PhD student Clare Kim. “It’s not that I’m just imparting knowledge, but I want [my students] to develop a critical way of thinking.”
A growing number of MIT alumni have taken part in knowledge enhancement programs through MIT Professional Education, as both students and facilitators.
“Metasurfaces” that manipulate light at tiny scales could find uses in cellphone lenses, smart-car sensors, and optical fibers.
An old artifact kept in a vault outside Paris is no longer the standard for the kilogram. Now, nature itself provides the definition.
“Being capable of thinking quantitatively — it’s the single most important thing,” says the former NFL lineman.
At the piano and in the lab, double major Tony Zhang is driven by curiosity and creativity.
On Monday, May 20, Professor and Nobel laureate Wolfgang Ketterle will explain the new standards of measurement for mass, charge, temperature, and mole.
Three MIT undergraduates honored for their academic achievements.
After nearly 60 years of teaching at MIT, this math professor surpasses 10 million views on OCW, earns top reviews for his teaching style, and publishes his 12th book.
Algorithm stitches multiple datasets into a single “panorama,” which could provide new insights for medical and biological studies.
Data-sampling method makes “sketches” of unwieldy biological datasets while still capturing the full diversity of cell types.
Shor awarded the $150,000 prize, named after a fifth-century B.C. Chinese scientist, for his groundbreaking theoretical work in the field of quantum computation.
Professors David Jerison, Hong Liu, and Seth Mnookin are among 168 recognized.