Life Sciences Supermind Report outlines proposed solutions to re-imagine the global health ecosystem

Collective intelligence methodology identifies key findings to accelerate the pace of innovation and build health resilience.

MIT Center for Collective Intelligence | MIT Media Lab • mit
Jan. 24, 2022 ~6 min

Comprehensive report on pandemic response solutions developed by 180 leading experts

Online platform harnesses collective intelligence to accelerate recovery from Covid-19 and prepare for future disease outbreaks.

MIT Center for Collective Intelligence • mit
March 30, 2021 ~6 min


After cracking the “sum of cubes” puzzle for 42, mathematicians discover a new solution for 3

The 21-digit solution to the decades-old problem suggests many more solutions exist.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 11, 2021 ~9 min

Serious science at home

Children Helping Science, co-led by Professor Laura Schulz, brings research to families, and families to research.

Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences • mit
June 9, 2020 ~4 min

Citizen scientists spot closest young brown dwarf disk yet

Discovery made through the Disk Detective project could help the search for new planets.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 2, 2020 ~8 min

Reporting tool aims to balance hospitals’ Covid-19 load

Based on crowdsourced data, app helps patients, EMTs, and physicians determine real-time availability of hospital resources.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 23, 2020 ~9 min

Automated system can rewrite outdated sentences in Wikipedia articles

Text-generating tool pinpoints and replaces specific information in sentences while retaining humanlike grammar and style.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 12, 2020 ~10 min

Why some Wikipedia disputes go unresolved

Study identifies reasons for unsettled editing disagreements and offers predictive tools that could improve deliberation.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 6, 2018 ~9 min


Protecting confidentiality in genomic studies | MIT News

Cryptographic system could enable “crowdsourced” genomics, with volunteers contributing information to privacy-protected databases.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
May 7, 2018 ~7 min

With The Herman Project, home bakers become citizen scientists | MIT News

Network tracks the evolution of microbial communities in sourdough starter mixtures shared around the world.

Carolyn Schmitt | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
April 12, 2018 ~7 min

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