Award will support research on the South Sea Bubble crisis as an example of connections between scientific developments and their larger social consequences.

Working with the Tata Center, two MIT economics students are testing projects to reduce industrial pollution in India.

MIT professor uses operations research and optimization modeling to investigate topics from traffic flows to subsidies for green energy technologies.

At MIT’s Tata Center for Technology and Design, researchers are exploring ways to extend electricity access to rural communities in India using microgrids.

Model that predicts time from gate departure to takeoff could cut airport congestion, fuel waste.

New battery may offer low-cost, long-lasting storage for the grid.

Interest is growing in brain stimulation devices — and regulating them may prove tricky.

MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing and Program in Science, Technology, and Society honor Schwartz for her essay on the history of synthetic penicillin.

A passion for climate policy leads to an opportunity to attend the United Nations climate change conference, where countries look to forge new solutions.