3 Questions: What does innovation look like in the field of substance use disorder?

Hanna Adeyema and Carolina Haass-Koffler discuss the substance use disorder crisis and the future of innovation in the field. | Continue reading


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Celebrating student entrepreneurship at delta v’s 2024 Demo Day

The night of festivities featured students showcasing their startups’ progress, along with a lively reception. | Continue reading


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MIT welcomes nine MLK Scholars for 2024-25

Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars enhance community through engagement with MIT students and faculty. | Continue reading


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Meet the 2024 tenured professors in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Faculty members granted tenure in anthropology; comparative media studies/writing; philosophy; political science; and science, technology, and society. | Continue reading


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Harnessing the power of placebo for pain relief

MIT researchers investigate the neural circuits that underlie placebos’ ability to relieve chronic and acute pain. | Continue reading


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School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in spring 2024

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


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MIT graduate programs empower the next generation of naval leaders

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


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MIT students combat climate anxiety through extracurricular teams

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


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Tools for making imagination blossom at MIT.nano

New STUDIO.nano supports artistic research and encounters within MIT.nano’s facilities. | Continue reading


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A fast and flexible approach to help doctors annotate medical scans

“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


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Study assesses seizure risk from stimulating the thalamus

In animal models, even low stimulation currents can sometimes still cause electrographic seizures, researchers found. | Continue reading


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No detail too small

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


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Atoms on the edge

Physicists capture images of ultracold atoms flowing freely, without friction, in an exotic “edge state.” | Continue reading


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New filtration material could remove long-lasting chemicals from water

Membranes based on natural silk and cellulose can remove many contaminants, including “forever chemicals” and heavy metals. | Continue reading


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Keeping the cosmos clean

MIT PhD student Allan Shtofenmakher wants to keep space sustainable. | Continue reading


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Sam Madden named faculty head of computer science in EECS

Computer scientist who specializes in database management systems joins the leadership of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | Continue reading


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Remembering Mathieu Le Provost: AeroAstro researcher, adventurer, and friend

“He dived deep, even into cold water, but came out stronger and brought along others for a joyous adventure.” | Continue reading


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Nanostructures enable on-chip lightwave-electronic frequency mixer

Lightwave electronics aim to integrate optical and electronic systems at incredibly high speeds, leveraging the ultrafast oscillations of light fields. | Continue reading


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3 Questions: Evidence for planetary formation through gravitational instability

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


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Enabled by a significant gift, MIT’s Security Studies Program launches the Center for Nuclear Security Policy

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


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MIT chemists explain why dinosaur collagen may have survived for millions of years

The researchers identified an atomic-level interaction that prevents peptide bonds from being broken down by water. | Continue reading


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Study: EV charging stations boost spending at nearby businesses

The spending increases were particularly pronounced for businesses within 100 yards of charging stations, and for businesses in low-income areas. | Continue reading


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Engineering proteins to treat cancer

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


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MIT team wins grand prize at NASA’s First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition

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


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Nurturing success

Professors Mariya Grinberg and Nuh Gedik are honored as “Committed to Caring.” | Continue reading


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For developing designers, there’s magic in 2.737 (Mechatronics)

Mechatronics combines electrical and mechanical engineering, but above all else it’s about design. | Continue reading


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Study: Transparency is often lacking in datasets used to train large language models

Researchers developed an easy-to-use tool that enables an AI practitioner to find data that suits the purpose of their model, which could improve accuracy and reduce bias. | Continue reading


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How MIT’s online resources provide a “highly motivating, even transformative experience”

Charalampos Sampalis explores all that MIT Open Learning has to offer while growing his career in Athens, Greece. | Continue reading


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Students learn theater design through the power of play

MIT Theater faculty invite students to draw upon their personal experiences to create evocative set, sound, and lighting designs, | Continue reading


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A framework for solving parabolic partial differential equations

A new algorithm solves complicated partial differential equations by breaking them down into simpler problems, potentially guiding computer graphics and geometry processing.
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Designing better delivery for medical therapies

MD/PhD student Sayo Eweje seeks to develop new technologies for delivering RNA and protein therapies directly to the body’s cells. | Continue reading


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Making a measurable economic impact

Saeed Miganeh’s work at MIT is helping him answer important questions about designing effective programs for poverty mitigation and economic growth in African countries. | Continue reading


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Faces of MIT: Jessica Tam

The senior strategic sourcing analyst is responsible for everything related to travel and hospitality that involves purchasing at MIT. | Continue reading


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First AI + Education Summit is an international push for “AI fluency”

The three-day, hands-on conference hosted by the MIT RAISE Initiative welcomed youths and adults from nearly 30 countries. | Continue reading


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President Kornbluth welcomes the Class of 2028

“Empathy and respect are central values here,” Kornbluth tells MIT’s newest students and their families at the President’s Convocation. | Continue reading


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Scientists find neurons that process language on different timescales

In language-processing areas of the brain, some cell populations respond to one word, while others respond to strings of words. | Continue reading


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Pursuing the secrets of a stealthy parasite

By unraveling the genetic pathways that help Toxoplasma gondii persist in human cells, Sebastian Lourido hopes to find new ways to treat toxoplasmosis. | Continue reading


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Study of disordered rock salts leads to battery breakthrough

A new family of integrated rock salt-polyanion cathodes opens door to low-cost, high-energy storage. | Continue reading


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Toward a code-breaking quantum computer

Building on a landmark algorithm, researchers propose a way to make a smaller and more noise-tolerant quantum factoring circuit for cryptography. | Continue reading


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Uphill battles: Across the country in 75 days

Amulya Aluru ’23, MEng ’24 and the MIT Spokes have spent the summer spreading science, over 3,000 miles on two wheels. | Continue reading


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3 Questions: From the bench to the battlefield

Rising senior and Army ROTC cadet Alexander Edwards and Aneal Krishnan ’02 discuss a new UROP fellowship with the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies. | Continue reading


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Duane Boning named vice provost for international activities

With extensive international outreach experience as a faculty member and program leader, Boning brings a spirit of curiosity and collaboration to his new role. | Continue reading


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Q&A: Undergraduate admissions in the wake of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling

Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill provides an update on MIT’s newest incoming class. | Continue reading


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Study reveals the benefits and downside of fasting

Fasting helps intestinal stem cells regenerate and heal injuries but also leads to a higher risk of cancer in mice, MIT researchers report. | Continue reading


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MIT engineers’ new theory could improve the design and operation of wind farms

The first comprehensive model of rotor aerodynamics could improve the way turbine blades and wind farms are designed and how wind turbines are controlled. | Continue reading


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Engineering and matters of the heart

Professor Ellen Roche is creating the next generation of medical devices to help repair hearts, lungs, and other tissues. | Continue reading


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Creating connection with science communication

Sophie Hartley wants to help people learn about the importance of natural resources and land management through science writing. | Continue reading


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MIT study explains why laws are written in an incomprehensible style

The convoluted “legalese” used in legal documents conveys a special sense of authority, and even non-lawyers have learned to wield it. | Continue reading


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