New research from the MIT Sloan School of Management finds the global spread of Covid-19 is significantly underreported — but we’re also far from herd immunity.

New research shows LIGO’s 40-kilogram mirrors can move in response to tiny quantum effects, revealing the “spooky popcorn of the universe.”

By emphasizing the process of discovery, instructors in course 2.001 (Mechanics and Materials I) provide engineering students a career-building foundation.

Winners of the annual Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize are highlighted in an online exhibition.

Professor Charles Stewart III underscores the importance of developing strategies that allow Americans to safely vote in-person for the upcoming presidential election. “The current trajectory in many states suggests that the demand for in-person voting will hugely outstrip the supply of poll workers and polling places,” he writes. “This imbalance erects barriers to voter participation and needlessly jeopardizes the health of poll workers and voters.”

An MIT study explores how flatworm cellular guides appear to provide a roadmap for regeneration. The work may assist “scientists interested in helping humans regenerate injured neurons.”