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MIT Energy and Climate Club mobilizes future leaders to address global climate issues
One of the largest MIT clubs sees itself as “the umbrella of all things related to energy and…
Tracking US Progress On The Path To A Decarbonized Economy
The Clean Investment Monitor database, a new collaboration between MIT CEEPR and the Rhodium Group, shows $213 billion…
MIT-Pillar AI Collective Announces First Seed Grant Recipients
Mary Beth Gallagher | School of Engineering (MIT News) Six teams conducting research in AI, data science, and machine learning…
Physicists Discover A New Switch For Superconductivity
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Under certain conditions — usually exceedingly cold ones — some materials shift…
A Step Toward Safe And Reliable Autopilots For Flying
MIT researchers developed a machine-learning technique that can autonomously drive a car or fly a plane through a…
A More Intelligent System For The Scooter Wars
Startups racing to deploy rentable electric scooters around the world seem to be following Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s…
The Transportation Problem No One Is Talking About
Right now, most self-driving cars–like those being developed by Google or Uber–can only operate in very limited urban…
AI Is Reshaping What We Know About Cities
Machine learning is helping urbanists confirm–or disprove–long-standing theories about cities. Why do certain neighborhoods feel safe while some feel…
In These Small Cities, AI Advances Could Be Costly
A new MIT study finds that larger cities are more resilient to technological unemployment. It’s long been clear…
How A Large-Scale Solar Deployment May Look Like
Researchers are examining measures to ensure a reliable future power system. Deploying solar power at the scale needed…
Why Lego Is For Both Fun Play And Serious Work
MIT wants to make transportation planning more transparent—and a bit more fun. MIT researchers unveiled something earlier this…
MIT Is Drawing 10,000 Maps To Save The World
The social computing group wants to initiate social change via data visualisation at the rate of a map…
DataViva, An MIT Media Lab Tool For Visualising Government Data
DataViva, a project developed in part by Media Lab professor César Hidalgo, aims to make a wide swath…