Self-driving scooter demonstrated at MIT complements autonomous golf carts and city cars by Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — At MIT’s 2016 Open House last spring, more than 100 visitors took rides on an autonomous mobility scooter in a trial of software designed by
Providers and patients drive health care spending in roughly equal amounts, study shows by Peter Dizikes, MIT News CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In Miami, health care providers spent about $14,423 per Medicare patient in 2010. But in Minneapolis, average spending on Medicare enrollees that year was $7,819,
Antimicrobial peptides can kill strains resistant to existing antibiotics by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, MA — Over the past few decades, many bacteria have become resistant to existing antibiotics, and few new drugs have emerged. A recent study from a U.K. commission on
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today visited Sumdo near the India-China border, in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, to celebrate Diwali with the jawans. He interacted with jawans from the ITBP and the Indian Army, and offered sweets to them. Addressing the jawans, he said he
The Engine will provide funding, space, and expertise — powering a network of innovation networks by Rob Matheson, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — MIT President L. Rafael Reif has announced the creation of The Engine, a new kind of enterprise designed to support startup
Bengaluru: Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar successfully concluded his European tour starting from the terror-affected France, Poland, Sweden and ending it in Norway as he reached out to thousands of Europeans at various fora such as prestigious universities and parliaments with his message of
Libraries continue to play a central role in providing open and free access to information and ideas: Vice President The Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari has said that the libraries continue to play a central role in providing open and free access to
New treatment elicits two-pronged immune response that destroys tumors in mice by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, MA — Harnessing the body’s own immune system to destroy tumors is a tantalizing prospect that has yet to realize its full potential. However, a new advance
“The objective of education is to build citizens who can contribute to the well-being of society” Ahmedabad: Education is the basis of advanced society-said the President of India Pranab Mukherjee. He was addressing the students and faculty of Bapu Gujarat Knowledge Village and Samarpan College
by Charuta Pradeep India should walk on her own shadows – we must have our own development model-this was the dream of our former president, Dr. Abdul Kalam, a man of great visions. He wanted us to see our nation as a developed one. “Why