New structural design could lead to self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins.

Panelists at an MIT climate change symposium describe the state of knowledge in climate science and stress the urgent need for action.

Rapid imaging method could help reveal how conditions such as autism affect brain cells.

PhD student Norhan Bayomi uses drones to investigate how building construction impacts communities’ resilience to rising temperatures.

TX-GAIA is tailor-made for crunching through deep neural network operations.

“If you can just get the same amount each night, compared to someone who averages the same amount as you but gets less consistent sleep, you’re going to do better,” says Professor Jeffrey Grossman of a new study showing that sleep consistency is just as important as duration and quality when it comes to academic performance.

Professor Catherine Drennan shares how the experience of growing up with dyslexia has shaped her research and helped her better connect with her graduate students.

“The embrace of progressivism solidifies support among Democratic survey respondents,” writes Alexander Agadjanian, a senior research support associate at the MIT Election Lab, in an essay for The Upshot. “But it repels independents, with a negative effect that is stronger and clearer than the signs of enthusiasm generated among Democrats.”

Laurel Taylor MBA ’15 founded a company aimed at helping students and their parents with student debt.