Two MIT Libraries exhibits explore the history of women at MIT. One examines women in biology, bioengineering, chemistry, and chemical engineering; the other identifies the women who built the core rope memory and magnetic core memory for the Apollo Guidance Computer. | Continue reading
Nicole McGaa, an MIT senior majoring in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, seeks to make spaceflight easier and safer for the human body. | Continue reading
A new MIT Bootcamps hybrid program brings a multidisciplinary approach to tackling substance use disorder through biomedical device innovation. | Continue reading
MIT spinout DataCebo helps companies bolster their datasets by creating synthetic data that mimic the real thing. | Continue reading
More than 100 members of the MIT community attended Sustainability Connect, a yearly forum that offers an inside look at this transformative and comprehensive work that is the foundation for MIT’s climate and sustainability leadership on campus. | Continue reading
MIT's School of Science recognized Sarthak Chandra, Michal Fux, Andrew Savinov, Ho Fung Cheng, Gabi Wenzel, Yu-An Zhang, Wouter Van de Pontseele, Alexander Shvonski, and David Stoppel with 2024 Infinite Expansion Awards. | Continue reading
The human brain appears biased toward hearing and producing rhythms with simple integer ratios, but the favored ratios can vary greatly between different societies, according to a 15-country study led by MIT researchers. | Continue reading
A comprehensive study of high-temperature superconducting magnets built by MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems confirms they meet requirements for an economic, compact fusion power plant. | Continue reading
MIT geologists determined the original orientation of many of the Mars bedrock samples collected by the Perseverance rover. The findings can give scientists clues to the conditions in which the rocks originally formed. | Continue reading
MIT undergraduates win all five top spots for the fourth year in a row and capture the Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize. | Continue reading
MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering opened their labs to first-year students looking to gain research experience and collaborate with current graduate students and postdocs. | Continue reading
IEEE designated three historical MIT Lincoln Laboratory technologies as IEEE Milestones: the Mode S air traffic control radar beacon system, 193-nanometer photolithography, and the semiconductor laser. | Continue reading
“Death, Dominance, and State-Building,” a new book by MIT Professor Roger Petersen, takes a close look at military operations and political dynamics of the Iraq War. | Continue reading
Lightmatter, a startup founded by three MIT alumni, is using photons as well as electrons to perform the computations that power AI models and facilitate chip-to-chip communication. | Continue reading
MIT Professor Tamara Broderick uses Bayesian inference to quantify uncertainty in an effort to better understand the limits of data analysis techniques. She collaborates with scientists in an array of fields, helping them craft better data analysis for their research. | Continue reading
MIT faculty members Jacob Andreas, Adam Belay, Soonwon Choi, Maryam Farboodi, Lina Necib, Arvind Satyanarayan, Andrew Vanderburg, and Xiao Wang have won 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships to advance their research in chemistry, physics, computer science, and finance. | Continue reading
Form Energy, co-founded by MIT materials scientist Yet-Ming Chiang, is incorporating renewables into the grid using their iron-air batteries and research from the lab of MIT IDSS Professor Jessika Trancik. | Continue reading
As part of the START.nano startup accelerator, Brazilian medical venture EDUCSIM is working with the MIT.nano Immersion Lab and researchers at Boston Children's Hospital to develop a virtual reality (VR) infant neuroscience training platform to train medical students in remo … | Continue reading
Edward B. Roberts, a visionary MIT management professor who studied entrepreneurship while building the Institute’s flourishing innovation ecosystem, has died at 88. | Continue reading
Language-processing difficulties are more of an indicator than memory loss of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), a risk factor for dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. | Continue reading
The MIT Press announced recipients of 2024 Grant Program for Diverse Voices, including new books from Kimberly Juanita Brown, Michel DeGraff, Amanda K. Greene, Silas Munro, and Anna Von Mertens. | Continue reading
MIT professors Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Simon Johnson describe the recently launched MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative. The initiative will advance policy-relevant economics research to identify innovative ways to revitalize labor market opportunities for non-coll … | Continue reading
Precancerous colon cells can avoid immune detection by turning on a gene called SOX17, which allows them to become essentially invisible to the immune system, an MIT study finds. | Continue reading
Quechua at MIT is a two-week course, led this year by Soledad Chango, that introduces students to the basics of Kichwa, a Quechua variant that is the most widely spoken language in the Americas. | Continue reading
A new study has unlocked nanoscale secrets for designing next-generation solar cells. The work will help researchers tune surface properties of perovskites, a promising alternative and supplement to silicon, for more efficient photovoltaics. | Continue reading
Can carbon trading systems reduce global emissions, or are they little more than greenwashing? Several MIT experts say the systems could be effective, at least in certain circumstances, but they must be thoroughly evaluated and regulated. | Continue reading
Sydney Johnson, an MIT graduate student and MIT Energy Initiative research assistant, looks at how to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries, including the steel industry. | Continue reading
MIT senior Sadhana Lolla has been named a 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholar. She will pursue a master's degree in technology policy at Cambridge University in the U.K. | Continue reading
MIT researchers applied deep-learning approaches from vehicle routing to streamline planning trajectories for robots in an e-commerce warehouse. Their method breaks the problem down into smaller chunks and then predicts the best chunks to solve with traditional algorithms. | Continue reading
The Federal Laboratory Consortium selected Lincoln Laboratory’s Timely Address Space Randomization (TASR) cybersecurity technology for a 2024 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award. | Continue reading
Jospin Hassan shared skills he learned through MIT open learning resources with his community in the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi. His organization, ADAI Circle, now offers education programs and mentorship. | Continue reading
The Laboratory for Information and Decisions Systems at MIT has been awarded a grant to pursue generative AI models as part of a multi-state team working to model and test new smart grid technologies for use in rural areas. | Continue reading
Pienso, founded by MIT alumni, developed a no-code AI builder so the people closest to problems can use the technology themselves rather than relying on machine-learning engineers. | Continue reading
Lydia Brosnahan, an associate producer in the MIT Office of the Arts, works with different art initiatives at the Institute that involve MIT faculty, students, and visiting artists. | Continue reading
MIT researchers modified a multimaterial 3D printer to produce three-dimensional solenoids in one step. The devices could generate about three times more magnetic field than other 3D-printed solenoids, and could help lower the cost of electronics. | Continue reading
A longstanding love of cooking unlocked MIT senior Branden Spitzer’s interest in materials science and engineering. He’s worked on a number of projects related to food and sustainability, from extending the shelf-life of produce to developing lab-grown meat. | Continue reading
Members of the MIT community gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Marking 50 years of this annual celebration, the event featured remarks from MIT community members and civil rights activist Janet Moses. | Continue reading
MIT researchers used ultrathin van der Waals materials to create an electron magnet that can be switched at room temperature. This type of magnet could be used to build magnetic processors or memories that would consume far less energy than silicon devices. | Continue reading
The Burchard Scholars program selected 35 MIT undergraduates from across STEM disciplines for the competitive designation. It features a seminar series and conversations over dinners with distinguished faculty. | Continue reading
MIT physicists have observed fractional quantum Hall effect in simple pentalayer graphene. The finding could make it easier to develop more robust quantum computers. | Continue reading
A new technique can help researchers who use Bayesian inference achieve more accurate results more quickly, without a lot of additional work. | Continue reading
MIT students, faculty, and staff recently experimented with a Steinway Spirio | r, a piano embedded with technology for live performance capture and playback. | Continue reading
MIT Solve announces 2024 Global Challenges and Indigenous Communities Fellowship and invites anyone from anywhere in the world to submit a technological solution for a chance at funding and support. | Continue reading
A smart glove developed at MIT CSAIL is embroidered with tactile sensors and haptics, transferring touch-based feedback via adaptive optimization. Smart textiles can fabricate this human-machine interface to potentially teach people physical skills and improve robot teleoperation … | Continue reading
A new AI strategy can identify transporters used by different drugs. The approach has already revealed that a commonly prescribed antibiotic and a blood-thinner can interfere with each other. | Continue reading
A cryptographic tag developed at MIT uses terahertz waves to authenticate items by recognizing the unique pattern of microscopic metal particles that are mixed into the glue that sticks the tag to the item’s surface. | Continue reading
The company, founded by Clark Yuan MBA ’22, has developed a cloud platform that makes 3D data sharing, visualizing, and editing easy. | Continue reading
Three MIT colleagues created a new MIT class to help the whole student with social connections, better relationships, and happiness. The course has a yoga component to help students wind down after a busy day. | Continue reading