NASA has selected 365 U.S. small business proposals for initial funding from the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, a total investment of more than $45 million. “we recognize…
XJTLU Expert: Lessons learned from China’s war on poverty
SUZHOU, China (PRNewswire)-- In 2016, China officially pledged that by the end of 2020, it would raise its remaining 832 counties out of extreme poverty – a target reached last November. Last Thursday, China's President Xi Jinping hailed the achievement…
How shared partisanship leads to social media connections
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- It is no secret that U.S. politics is polarized. An experiment conducted by MIT researchers now shows just how deeply political partisanship directly influences people’s behavior within online social networks. Deploying Twitter bots…
Not all banking crises involve panics
Study shows many kinds of finance-sector failures — not just history’s most famous bank runs — lead to economic downturns. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.(MIT News office) -- A banking crisis is often seen as a self-fulfilling prophecy: The…
“What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots”
Book co-authored by Associate Professor Julie Shah and Laura Major SM ’05 explores a future populated with robot helpers. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- As Covid-19 has made it necessary for people to keep their distance from each…