Reif to co-chair renewed US manufacturing partnership
MIT president will help lead President Obama’s second-generation initiative to strengthen domestic manufacturing.
MIT president will help lead President Obama’s second-generation initiative to strengthen domestic manufacturing.
MIT report emphasizes need to turn U.S. innovation strengths 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.
Erica Fuchs named to 'Top 40 under 40 Young Scientist' list
Study shows that factors other than wages dominate trends in photovoltaic costs, raising the prospect of competitive manufacturing anywhere.
While factory labor rules are notoriously hard to enforce, a new study shows how some inspectors are able to uphold workplace standards.
Chemical engineers find that arrays of carbon nanotubes can detect flaws in drugs and help improve production.
The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation and the Accenture and MIT Alliance in Business Analytics will host the conference at the Cambridge Marriott.
Rodney Brooks’ startup, Rethink Robotics, is producing robots that can adapt to manufacturing tasks and the factory environment.
Research study conducted with PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests performance indicators dropped by 3 percent or more because of supply chain disruptions.
New research enables high-speed customization of novel nanoparticles for drug delivery and other uses.
Laboratory crash tests show both vulnerabilities and ways to improve the safety of lithium-ion batteries used in electric and hybrid vehicles.
Study finds the bulk of shoes’ carbon footprint comes from manufacturing processes.
Steelmaking, a major emitter of climate-altering gases, could be transformed by a new process developed at MIT.
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.