As collected in our OCW Stories pages, people use MIT OpenCourseWare materials in many different ways and for many different reasons. Some are motivated by a general curiosity, while others are pursuing a specific goal, such…
Continue readingA couple of months ago, we posted a piece about OCW’s new Introduction to Geology course, taught by Professors Taylor Perron and Oliver Jagoutz, and featuring extensive commentary from the…
Continue readingMITEI releases report on the future of solar energy Report highlights enormous potential and discusses pathways toward affordable solar energy. Melissa Abraham | MIT Energy Initiative | May 5, 2015…
Continue readingNew York’s Museum of Modern Art has a new exhibit, “This is For Everyone: Design Experiments for the Common Good,” that’s close to the heart for all of us in the…
Continue readingTwo stories this week out of MIT’s Department of Mechnical Engineering highlight the range and potential impact of its research. Prof. Tonio Buonassisi’s Photovoltaic Research Laboratory has just published promising results with a new…
Continue readingA Menger Sponge is a three-dimensional fractal curve that has zero volume and infinite surface area. That may be hard to picture, but this MIT News video explains how the Menger Sponge is…
Continue readingVideos Find Their Place In and Out of the Classroom March 17, 2015 by Casey Fabris Among today’s students, videos as an educational tool are as expected as textbooks. A…
Continue readingProfessors Arthur Bahr (Literature), Catherine Drennan (Chemistry/Biology), Hazel Sive (Biology), and Lorna Gibson (Materials Science and Engineering/Civil and Environmental Engineering/Mechanical Engineering) have just been named as MIT’s 2015 MacVicar Fellows. The…
Continue readingBy Joe Pickett, OCW Publication Director Brain researchers at the University of Basel recently reported that nerve cells in the brain are organized like friends in a social network, conjuring…
Continue readingToday, MIT News reports on a simple paper strip test developed by MIT researchers that can diagnose Ebola and other fevers within 10 minutes. When diagnosing a case of Ebola, time is…
Continue readingReady for the big game this Sunday? Favorite snacks…plenty of drinks…team jerseys and funny hats…and the Ideal Gas Law. Thomas Healy, a mechanical engineering graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, has…
Continue readingDear Friends of OCW, Thank you! 2014 was another terrific year for OCW and it was made possible by you. Whether you used OCW to refresh your knowledge, learn a…
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