The courage to dissent | MIT News
For graduate student Amanda Rothschild, political science meets personal history in her studies of how the United States responds to genocide.
Nov. 17, 2016 • ~6 min
Electric motors find new roles in robots, ships, cars, and microgrids | MIT News
James Kirtley discusses the transition from gas to electric motors and the impact these motors have had on modern technologies.
Oct. 24, 2016 • ~10 min
Cambridge Cyber Summit convenes industry, academia, and government | MIT News
Hosted by CSAIL, event featured discussions on cybersecurity with tech leaders and officials from the NSA and FBI.
Oct. 12, 2016 • ~4 min
Analyzing the 2016 election: Insights from 12 MIT scholars | MIT News
Experts from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences weigh in on topics from polling to rhetoric to individual campaign issues.
Oct. 12, 2016 • ~7 min
Turning particle detectors into weapons detectors | MIT News
Nuclear science and engineering PhD student Jayson Vavrek applies particle physics to solve problems with nuclear weapons disarmament.
Sept. 26, 2016 • ~5 min
A novel approach to a longstanding challenge in nuclear arms control | MIT News
MIT researchers develop a “physical cryptography” for secure and accurate accounting of the world’s nuclear arsenals.
July 19, 2016 • ~7 min
Wireless, wearable toxic-gas detector | MIT News
Inexpensive sensors could be worn by soldiers to detect hazardous chemical agents.
June 30, 2016 • ~7 min
Improved threat-detection | MIT News
Scanners more rapidly and accurately identify radioactive materials at U.S. borders, events.
June 22, 2016 • ~10 min
George W. Rathjens, professor emeritus of political science, dies at 90 | MIT News
MIT professor contributed to theory and practice of nuclear arms control and established the MIT Security Studies Program.
June 10, 2016 • ~4 min
MIT political scientist awarded prestigious Carnegie fellowship | MIT News
Taylor Fravel will examine Asia’s maritime conflicts in further depth.
April 19, 2016 • ~4 min
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