Undergraduate engineering is No. 1; undergraduate business and computer science programs are No. 2. | Continue reading
After taking a pass on the family bagpiping tradition to try a new vocation, Andrew Sutherland has made noise as an innovative business scholar. | Continue reading
MIT researchers speed up a novel AI-based estimator for medication manufacturing by 60 times. | Continue reading
MIT researchers find that the first dose primes the immune system, helping it to generate a strong response to the second dose, a week later. | Continue reading
The interlocking bricks, which can be repurposed many times over, can withstand similar pressures as their concrete counterparts. | Continue reading
A summer class teaches PhD students and early-career archaeologists ceramic petrography, revealing the origins and production methods of past societies. | Continue reading
The digital adviser helps users swiftly navigate the 24-step "Disciplined Entrepreneurship" process. | Continue reading
By analyzing X-ray crystallography data, the model could help researchers develop new materials for many applications, including batteries and magnets. | Continue reading
Researchers find large language models make inconsistent decisions about whether to call the police when analyzing surveillance videos. | Continue reading
At the cutting edge of pedagogy, Mary Ellen Wiltrout has shaped blended and online learning at MIT and beyond. | Continue reading
The major effort to accelerate practical climate change solutions launches as its mission directors meet the Institute community. | Continue reading
EAPS PhD student Jared Bryan found a way to use his research on earthquakes to help understand exoplanet migration. | Continue reading
EAPS PhD student Jared Bryan found a way to use his research on earthquakes to help understand exoplanet migration. | Continue reading
With the help of MIT’s online resources, Doğa Kürkçüoğlu, now a staff scientist at Fermilab, was able to pursue his passion for physics. | Continue reading
Watching for changes in the Red Planet’s orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter. | Continue reading
“Co-LLM” algorithm helps a general-purpose AI model collaborate with an expert large language model by combining the best parts of both answers, leading to more factual responses. | Continue reading
MIT startup AeroShield has opened a new facility for manufacturing highly insulating windows that will reduce building energy use and cut carbon emissions. | Continue reading
New research suggests neurons protect and preserve certain information through a dedicated zone of stable synapses. | Continue reading
MIT scientists’ discovery yields a potent immune response, could be used to develop a potential tumor vaccine. | Continue reading
PhD student Mariel García-Montes researches the internet’s far-reaching impact on society, especially regarding privacy and young people. | Continue reading
In the universe’s first billion years, this brief and mysterious force could have produced more bright galaxies than theory predicts. | Continue reading
Professor Ronald Prinn reflects on how far sustainability has come as a discipline, and where it all began at MIT. | Continue reading
“We are adding a new layer of control between the world of computers and what your eyes see,” says Barmak Heshmat, co-founder of Brelyon and a former MIT postdoc. | Continue reading
Hanna Adeyema and Carolina Haass-Koffler discuss the substance use disorder crisis and the future of innovation in the field. | Continue reading
The night of festivities featured students showcasing their startups’ progress, along with a lively reception. | Continue reading
Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars enhance community through engagement with MIT students and faculty. | Continue reading
Faculty members granted tenure in anthropology; comparative media studies/writing; philosophy; political science; and science, technology, and society. | Continue reading
MIT researchers investigate the neural circuits that underlie placebos’ ability to relieve chronic and acute pain. | Continue reading
Members of MIT’s School of Engineering were honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence in the spring of 2024. | Continue reading
Through MIT’s 2N Program and the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, active duty naval officers gain the technical skills they need to lead projects in the Navy. | Continue reading
The MIT Electric Vehicle Team, Sustainable Engine Team, Solar Electric Vehicle Team, Motorsports Team, First Nations Launch Team, and Arcturus are each doing their part to improve the health of our planet. | Continue reading
New STUDIO.nano supports artistic research and encounters within MIT.nano’s facilities. | Continue reading
“ScribblePrompt” is an interactive AI framework that can efficiently highlight anatomical structures across different medical scans, assisting medical workers to delineate regions of interest and abnormalities. | Continue reading
In animal models, even low stimulation currents can sometimes still cause electrographic seizures, researchers found. | Continue reading
For Sarah Sterling, the new director of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy facility at MIT.nano, better planning and more communication leads to better science. | Continue reading
Physicists capture images of ultracold atoms flowing freely, without friction, in an exotic “edge state.” | Continue reading
Membranes based on natural silk and cellulose can remove many contaminants, including “forever chemicals” and heavy metals. | Continue reading
MIT PhD student Allan Shtofenmakher wants to keep space sustainable. | Continue reading
Computer scientist who specializes in database management systems joins the leadership of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | Continue reading
“He dived deep, even into cold water, but came out stronger and brought along others for a joyous adventure.” | Continue reading
Lightwave electronics aim to integrate optical and electronic systems at incredibly high speeds, leveraging the ultrafast oscillations of light fields. | Continue reading
Assistant Professor Richard Teague describes how movement of unstable gas in a protoplanetary disk lends credibility to a secondary theory of planetary formation. | Continue reading
With $45 million in support from the Stanton Foundation, the program will expand its longstanding leadership in a critical area of global security. | Continue reading
The researchers identified an atomic-level interaction that prevents peptide bonds from being broken down by water. | Continue reading
The spending increases were particularly pronounced for businesses within 100 yards of charging stations, and for businesses in low-income areas. | Continue reading
PhD student Oscar Molina seeks new ways to assemble proteins into targeted cancer therapies, while also encouraging his fellow first-generation graduate students. | Continue reading
Building a drone for the first time, the MIT First Nations Launch team excelled in designing a scientific payload to deploy from a rocket and landing it safely. | Continue reading
Professors Mariya Grinberg and Nuh Gedik are honored as “Committed to Caring.” | Continue reading