Reif to co-chair renewed US manufacturing partnership
MIT president will help lead President Obama’s second-generation initiative to strengthen domestic manufacturing.
Achieving an innovation nation
MIT report emphasizes need to turn U.S. innovation strengths into growth.
3 Questions: Suzanne Berger on converting innovation into growth
As MIT’s PIE Commission releases its findings on the innovation economy, a focus on finding ways to help new ideas reach the market.
ESD alumna honored by the World Economic Forum
Erica Fuchs named to 'Top 40 under 40 Young Scientist' list
Solar-cell manufacturing costs: innovation could level the field
Study shows that factors other than wages dominate trends in photovoltaic costs, raising the prospect of competitive manufacturing anywhere.
Bringing the law to the factory
While factory labor rules are notoriously hard to enforce, a new study shows how some inspectors are able to uphold workplace standards.
Nanosensors could aid drug manufacturing
Chemical engineers find that arrays of carbon nanotubes can detect flaws in drugs and help improve production.
MIT professor Erik Brynjolfsson to deliver keynote at big data conference
The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation and the Accenture and MIT Alliance in Business Analytics will host the conference at the Cambridge Marriott.
Professor emeritus Rodney Brooks refines the sequel to iRobot
Rodney Brooks’ startup, Rethink Robotics, is producing robots that can adapt to manufacturing tasks and the factory environment.
MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation releases risk report
Research study conducted with PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests performance indicators dropped by 3 percent or more because of supply chain disruptions.
Nanoparticles, made to order — inside and out
New research enables high-speed customization of novel nanoparticles for drug delivery and other uses.
Crash-testing lithium-ion batteries
Laboratory crash tests show both vulnerabilities and ways to improve the safety of lithium-ion batteries used in electric and hybrid vehicles.
Footwear’s (carbon) footprint
Study finds the bulk of shoes’ carbon footprint comes from manufacturing processes.
One order of steel; hold the greenhouse gases
Steelmaking, a major emitter of climate-altering gases, could be transformed by a new process developed at MIT.
How to make factory conditions better
After years of research into global production systems, an MIT political scientist is convinced that government, not just the private sector, must help keep workers safe.