The Lincoln Laboratory–developed laser communications payload operates at the data rates required to image these never-before-seen thin halos of light. | Continue reading
Alumni and founders of MIT Washington Summer Internship Program reflect on three decades of impact. | Continue reading
Acclaimed keyboardist Jordan Rudess’s collaboration with the MIT Media Lab culminates in live improvisation between an AI “jam_bot” and the artist. | Continue reading
MIT CSAIL researchers used AI-generated images to train a robot dog in parkour, without real-world data. Their LucidSim system demonstrates generative AI's potential for creating robotics training data. | Continue reading
The MIT spinout Emvolon is placing its repurposed engines next to methane sources, to generate greener methanol and other chemicals. | Continue reading
Professor of the practice Alan Lightman’s new book digs into the wonder of striking visual phenomena in nature. | Continue reading
New research reveals what it takes for a protein that is best known for protecting cells against death to take on the opposite role. | Continue reading
New work suggests the ability to create fractionalized electrons known as non-Abelian anyons without a magnetic field, opening new possibilities for basic research and future applications. | Continue reading
Physicists surprised to discover electrons in pentalayer graphene can exhibit fractional charge. New study suggests how this could work. | Continue reading
Yiming Chen ’24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo will start postgraduate studies at Oxford next fall. | Continue reading
The Certificate in Aerospace Innovation gives students the tools and confidence to be aerospace entrepreneurs during an inflection point in the industry. | Continue reading
Progress on the energy transition depends on collective action benefiting all stakeholders, agreed participants in MITEI’s annual research conference. | Continue reading
Selected LEVER collaborators will work with the organization to develop an evaluation of their respective programs that alleviate poverty. | Continue reading
MIT graduate student earns top honors in Graduate and People’s Choice categories for her work on nutrient-stabilizing materials. | Continue reading
Collaborating with a local climate technology company, MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab is pursuing scalable erosion solutions that mimic nature, harnessing ocean currents to expand islands and rebuild coastlines. | Continue reading
Members of MIT’s School of Engineering were honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence in the summer of 2024. | Continue reading
The startup SiPhox, founded by two former MIT researchers, has developed an integrated photonic chip for high-quality, home-based blood testing. | Continue reading
Political science PhD student Kunal Singh identifies a suite of strategies states use to prevent other nations from developing nuclear weapons. | Continue reading
A new exhibit explores the Institute’s first Japanese students, who arrived as MIT was taking flight and their own country was opening up. | Continue reading
A new electrode design boosts the efficiency of electrochemical reactions that turn carbon dioxide into ethylene and other products. | Continue reading
An AI method developed by Professor Markus Buehler finds hidden links between science and art to suggest novel materials. | Continue reading
The findings suggest that biochemical and physical effects of exercise could help heal nerves. | Continue reading
The associate professor of civil and environmental engineering studies ancient materials while working to solve modern problems. | Continue reading
At MIT, Keselman is a lecturer, executive director, managing director, and innovator. Additionally, he is a colonel in the Air Force Reserves, board director, and startup leader. | Continue reading
A new study on techno-economic outlooks for zero-emission heavy-duty trucking underscores the need for cross-sector collaboration. | Continue reading
Two MIT graduate students share similar journeys from West Point to MIT. | Continue reading
Phoenix Tailings, co-founded by MIT alumni, is creating domestic supply chains for rare earth metals, key to the clean energy transition. | Continue reading
Thomas Heldt, associate director of IMES, describes how he collaborates closely with MIT colleagues and others at Boston-area hospitals. | Continue reading
For the past 50 years, the Coast Guard has nominated a senior officer to apply to the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA program. “When you leave MIT Sloan, you want to change the world,” says one alumnus. | Continue reading
By sidestepping the need for costly interventions, a new method could potentially reveal gene regulatory programs, paving the way for targeted treatments. | Continue reading
Using fMRI, the research team identified 24 networks that perform specific functions within the brain’s cerebral cortex. | Continue reading
A new design tool uses UV and RGB lights to change the color and textures of everyday objects. The system could enable surfaces to display dynamic patterns, such as health data and fashion designs. | Continue reading
A weak magnetic field likely pulled matter inward to form the outer planetary bodies, from Jupiter to Neptune. | Continue reading
The drug-device combination developed by MIT spinout Lumicell is poised to reduce repeat surgeries and ensure more complete tumor removal. | Continue reading
MIT engineers’ new model could help researchers glean insights from genomic data and other huge datasets. | Continue reading
Researchers show that even the best-performing large language models don’t form a true model of the world and its rules, and can thus fail unexpectedly on similar tasks. | Continue reading
The MIT Human Insight Collaborative will elevate the human-centered disciplines and unite the Institute’s top scholars to help solve the world’s biggest challenges. | Continue reading
Each $7,500 grant allows high schoolers to solve real-world problems with technological solutions. | Continue reading
MIT pK-12 at Open Learning co-created a secondary school learning architecture that’s available for adoption and adaptation by educational practitioners worldwide. | Continue reading
Event at MIT featured an array of national and international speakers including a Nobel laureate, leaders in industry, and in entertainment. | Continue reading
Exploring biodiversity, linguistic diversity, and collective AI-generated poetry, her work will be honored with a $100K prize, artist residency, and public lecture at MIT in spring 2025. | Continue reading
Researchers are leveraging quantum mechanical properties to overcome the limits of silicon semiconductor technology. | Continue reading
As he invents programmable materials and self-organizing systems, Skylar Tibbits is pushing design boundaries while also solving real-world problems. | Continue reading
A newly characterized anti-viral defense system in bacteria aborts infection through a novel mechanism by chemically altering mRNA. | Continue reading
Aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, the terminal will beam data over laser links during the first crewed lunar mission since 1972. | Continue reading
Through the Civil Discourse Project at MIT, scholarly debate serves as a model for productive discussions among MIT Concourse students. | Continue reading
Through the Civil Discourse Project at MIT, scholarly debate serves as a model for productive discussions among MIT Concourse students. | Continue reading
Assistant Professor Ethan Peterson is addressing some of the practical, overlooked issues that need to be worked out for viable fusion power plants. | Continue reading