Model beats Wall Street analysts in forecasting business financials
Using limited data, this automated system predicts a company’s quarterly sales.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Dec. 19, 2019 | mit~8 mins
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MIT report provides guidance on climate-related financial disclosures
Recommendations could help companies deliver more useful disclosures to investors on risks they face due to climate change.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Nov. 6, 2019 | mit~8 mins
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A new mathematical approach to understanding zeolites
Study of minerals widely used in industrial processes could lead to discovery of new materials for catalysis and filtering.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Oct. 7, 2019 | mit~8 mins
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MIT.nano awards inaugural NCSOFT seed grants for gaming technologies
Five software and hardware projects will launch the MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program.
MIT.nano | Sept. 30, 2019 | mit~6 mins
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3 Questions: Why sensing, why now, what next?
Brian Anthony, co-leader of SENSE.nano, discusses sensing for augmented and virtual reality and for advanced manufacturing.
MIT.nano | Sept. 20, 2019 | mit~6 mins
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What’s the best way to cut vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions?
Study finds that in some locations, lightweight gas-powered cars could have a bigger emissions-reducing impact than electric ones.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Aug. 26, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: emissions research climate-change efficiency energy industry sustainability transportation materials-science-and-engineering automobiles school-of-engineering
Study measures how fast humans react to road hazards
In “semiautonomous” cars, older drivers may need more time to take the wheel when responding to the unexpected.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Aug. 7, 2019 | mit~8 mins
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Making wireless communication more energy efficient
Along with studying theory, "it's also important to me that the work we are doing will help to solve real-world problems,” says LIDS student Omer Tanovic.
Greta Friar | Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems | July 3, 2019 | mit~10 mins
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Fabrics poised to become the new software
Basic research advance leads to production of more than 250,000 chips embedded within fibers in less than a year.
Zach Winn | MIT News Office | May 21, 2019 | mit~7 mins
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Solution for remotely monitoring oil wells wins MIT $100K
MIT startup Acoustic Wells earned the grand prize at the annual entrepreneurship competition.
Zach Winn | MIT News Office | May 17, 2019 | mit~7 mins
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