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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT No Longer Asks Faculty Applicants to Make DEI Pledges: ‘They Don’t Work’
MIT is the first elite school to discontinue the practice of requiring applicants to submit a DEI statement.
Driverless Car Conundrums: Hit Pedestrians or Injure a Passenger?
“Most people want to live in a world where cars will minimize casualties. But everybody wants their own car to protect them at all costs.”
For First Time, MIT’s Free Online Classes Can Carry Credit
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has offered free online courses for the last four years with one major downside: They didn’t count toward a degree. That’s about to change.
New 3-D Glass Printer Is a Lot Like What They Did 4,000 Years Ago
In the world of 3D printing, plastic has been the base material of choice for most purposes. Metal, ceramics, and and graphite are also used, but on a smaller scale. Now, that list is being expanded to include transparent glass.
MIT Researchers on Verge of Creating Limitless Energy From Nuclear Fusion
Engineers have tinkered with different reactor designs over the years, but an energy efficient fusion reactor remains elusive. Now, researchers are MIT claim that they’ve found a new material base for superconductors, enabling reactors to finally generate energy.
