While women and men self-reported similar vaccination rates, unvaccinated women had less intention to get vaccinated than men. | Continue reading
A chip the size of a pack of cards uses fewer resources and a smaller footprint than existing automated manufacturing platforms and could lead to more affordable cell therapy manufacturing. | Continue reading
During a recent history of technology symposium at MIT, participants shared exciting ideas about the future of their field. | Continue reading
Developed by MIT RAISE, the Day of AI curriculum empowers K-12 students to collaborate on local and global challenges using AI. | Continue reading
A study by MIT scientists supports “social good” as a cognitive approach to dealing with highly stressful events. | Continue reading
New findings challenge current thinking on the ocean’s role in storing carbon. | Continue reading
This new tool offers an easier way for people to analyze complex tabular data. | Continue reading
By helping microbes withstand industrial processing, the method could make it easier to harness the benefits of microorganisms used as medicines and in agriculture. | Continue reading
Thomas Varnish has always loved a hands-on approach to science. Research in lab-based astrophysics has enabled the PhD student to experiment in a heavily theoretical subject. | Continue reading
Drawing on evidence from neurobiology, cognitive science, and corpus linguistics, MIT researchers make the case that language is a tool for communication, not for thought. | Continue reading
In a retrospective talk spanning multiple decades, Professor Al Oppenheim looked back over the birth of digital signal processing and shared his thoughts on the future of the field. | Continue reading
MIT News rounds up recent titles from Institute faculty and staff. | Continue reading
A national bottle deposit fee could make a dramatic difference in reducing plastic waste, MIT researchers report. | Continue reading
MIT spinout SiTration looks to disrupt industries with a revolutionary process for recovering and extracting critical materials. | Continue reading
Rising superpowers like China are “cautious opportunists” in global institutions, and the U.S. should avoid overreaction, PhD student Raymond Wang argues. | Continue reading
The new design approach could be used to produce metals with exceptional combinations of strength and ductility, for aerospace and other applications. | Continue reading
This tiny, biocompatible sensor may overcome one of the biggest hurdles that prevent the devices from being completely implanted. | Continue reading
Eleven faculty members have been granted tenure in six units across MIT’s School of Engineering. | Continue reading
The minimally invasive, 3d-printable device offers safer application and removal, along with improved bioelectronic performance. | Continue reading
A summertime installation by MIT’s real estate group features free roller-skating and fun activities for the broader community. | Continue reading
A new surgical procedure gives people more neural feedback from their residual limb. With it, seven patients walked more naturally and navigated obstacles. | Continue reading
The newly synthesized material could be the basis for wearable thermoelectric and spintronic devices. | Continue reading
The Chan siblings reflect on their Motorsports experience, eight years apart. | Continue reading
The senior program and technical associate for the Community Services Office has been a supporter of the MIT community since he arrived on campus as a student. | Continue reading
Through academia and industry, Gevorg Grigoryan PhD ’07 says there is no right path — just the path that works for you. | Continue reading
These models, which can predict a patient’s race, gender, and age, seem to use those traits as shortcuts when making medical diagnoses. | Continue reading
By designing new tools that can analyze huge libraries of immune cells and their targets, Michael Birnbaum hopes to generate better T cell therapies for cancer and other diseases. | Continue reading
Using this new approach, researchers could develop drug compounds with unique pharmaceutical properties. | Continue reading
A new gene-silencing tool shows promise as a future therapy against prion diseases and paves the way for new approaches to treating disease. | Continue reading
Known for building connections between the social sciences, data science, and computation, the political science professor will lead IDSS into its next chapter. | Continue reading
Films produced by MIT Video Productions and the Department of Mechanical Engineering highlight some of MIT’s global conversations about the environment and climate change. | Continue reading
This novel circuit architecture cancels out unwanted signals at the earliest opportunity. | Continue reading
With decades of experience working across the laboratory’s R&D areas, Choi brings a focus on collaboration, technical excellence, and unity. | Continue reading
Erica Caple James’ new book examines the rise and struggles of a community organization helping Haitians settle in Boston. | Continue reading
Researchers and staff from MIT, including from the Simons Center for the Social Brain, collaborated with schoolchildren with special needs to create art, have fun, and learn from each other. | Continue reading
An influential national expert on undersea warfare, Coté is remembered as "the heart and soul of SSP." | Continue reading
New findings could help engineers design materials for light and heat management. | Continue reading
VEIR, founded by alumnus Tim Heidel, has developed technology that can move more power over long distances, with the same footprint as traditional lines. | Continue reading
With NASA planning permanent bases in space and on the moon, MIT students develop prototypes for habitats far from planet Earth. | Continue reading
Known for her rigorous approach to science and her influential research, Pardue paved the way for women in science at MIT and beyond. | Continue reading
MosaicML, co-founded by an MIT alumnus and a professor, made deep-learning models faster and more efficient. Its acquisition by Databricks broadened that mission. | Continue reading
The building will serve as a hub for research on the development of immunology-based treatments. | Continue reading
Formerly an architect and mentor to young women in Tehran, master’s student Peggy Ghasemlou now aims to promote sustainability and green investing in real estate development. | Continue reading
The award recognizes his contributions as director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory and as vice chair and chair of the Defense Science Board. | Continue reading
MIT researchers find wave activity on Saturn’s largest moon may be strong enough to erode the coastlines of lakes and seas. | Continue reading
In her new book, “Counting Feminicide,” D’Ignazio explores how activists have tabulated the epidemic of gender-based murder in Latin America. | Continue reading
A newly described technology improves the clarity and speed of using two-photon microscopy to image synapses in the living brain. | Continue reading
The dedicated teacher and academic leader transformed research in computer architectures, parallel computing, and digital design, enabling faster and more efficient computation. | Continue reading