Lighting up biology’s basement lab

Senior Technical Instructor Vanessa Cheung ’02 brings the energy, experience, and excitement needed to educate students in the biology teaching lab. | Continue reading


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Exploring new frontiers in mineral extraction

Professor Thomas Peacock’s research aims to better understand the impact of deep-sea mining. | Continue reading


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Response to infection highlights the nervous system’s surprising degrees of flexibility

Upon infection, the C. elegans worm reshuffles the roles of brain cells and flips the functions of some of the chemicals it uses to regulate behavior. | Continue reading


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Will the vegetables of the future be fortified using tiny needles?

Researchers showed they can inexpensively produce silk microneedles to deliver vitamins or agrochemicals to plants. | Continue reading


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At the Venice Biennale, design through flexible thinking

The renowned architecture exhibition, curated this year by MIT’s Carlo Ratti, puts an emphasis on adaptive intelligence. | Continue reading


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Merging design and computer science in creative ways

MAD Fellow Alexander Htet Kyaw connects humans, machines, and the physical world using AI and augmented reality. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 19 days ago

New chip tests cooling solutions for stacked microelectronics

Preventing 3D integrated circuits from overheating is key to enabling their widespread use. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 19 days ago

A new computational framework illuminates the hidden ecology of diseased tissues

The MESA method uses ecological theory to map cellular diversity and spatial patterns in tissues, offering new insights into disease progression. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 19 days ago

A new computational framework illuminates the hidden ecology of diseased tissues

The MESA method uses ecological theory to map cellular diversity and spatial patterns in tissues, offering new insights into disease progression. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 19 days ago

Gene circuits enable more precise control of gene therapy

The circuits could help researchers develop new treatments for Fragile X syndrome and other diseases caused by mutations of a single gene. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 19 days ago

Novel method detects microbial contamination in cell cultures

Ultraviolet light “fingerprints” on cell cultures and machine learning can provide a definitive yes/no contamination assessment within 30 minutes. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 22 days ago

Artificial intelligence enhances air mobility planning

Lincoln Laboratory is transitioning tools to the 618th Air Operations Center to streamline global transport logistics. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 22 days ago

The chemistry of creativity

Senior Madison Wang blends science, history, and art to probe how the world works and the tools we use to explore and understand it. | Continue reading


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Martina Solano Soto wants to solve the mysteries of the universe, and MIT Open Learning is part of her plan

The 17-year-old student from Spain uses MIT resources to deepen her understanding of math and physics. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 23 days ago

Designing a new way to optimize complex coordinated systems

Using diagrams to represent interactions in multipart systems can provide a faster way to design software improvements. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 23 days ago

Luna: A moon on Earth

MIT students and faculty designed and fabricated a control room for the first lunar landing mission since the Apollo era — an achievement in design and engineering. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 23 days ago

Robotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping humans

A new approach could enable intuitive robotic helpers for household, workplace, and warehouse settings. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 24 days ago

Six from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2025

The prestigious honor society announces nearly 250 new members. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 24 days ago

A brief history of expansion microscopy

Since an MIT team introduced expansion microscopy in 2015, the technique has powered the science behind kidney disease, plant seeds, the microbiome, Alzheimer’s, viruses, and more. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 24 days ago

Wearable device tracks individual cells in the bloodstream in real time

The technology, which achieves single-cell resolution, could help in continuous, noninvasive patient assessment to guide medical treatments. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 24 days ago

New model predicts a chemical reaction’s point of no return

Chemists could use this quick computational method to design more efficient reactions that yield useful compounds, from fuels to pharmaceuticals. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 24 days ago

New electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses

MIT engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals, and could reduce the bulk of conventional goggles and scopes. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 24 days ago

MIT engineers print synthetic “metamaterials” that are both strong and stretchy

A new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy semiconductors. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 25 days ago

“Periodic table of machine learning” could fuel AI discovery

Researchers have created a unifying framework that can help scientists combine existing ideas to improve AI models or create new ones. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 25 days ago

MIT D-Lab spinout provides emergency transportation during childbirth

Moving Health has developed an emergency transportation network using motorized ambulances in rural regions of Ghana. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 25 days ago

3D modeling you can feel

TactStyle, a system developed by CSAIL researchers, uses image prompts to replicate both the visual appearance and tactile properties of 3D models. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 25 days ago

Kripa Varanasi named faculty director of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation

The interfacial engineering expert and prolific entrepreneur will help faculty and students take breakthroughs from lab to market. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 25 days ago

“Biomedical Lab in a Box” empowers engineers in low- and middle-income countries

Through workshops based on an MIT class, students in Kenya and Uganda gained hands-on experience engineering medical hardware. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 25 days ago

Norma Kamali is transforming the future of fashion with AI

The renowned designer embraces generative AI to preserve and propel her legacy. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 25 days ago

Julie Lucas to step down as MIT’s vice president for resource development

Lucas has led MIT’s fundraising since 2014, including the record-setting MIT Campaign for a Better World. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 25 days ago

Astronomers discover a planet that’s rapidly disintegrating, producing a comet-like tail

The small and rocky lava world sheds an amount of material equivalent to the mass of Mount Everest every 30.5 hours. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 25 days ago

MIT’s McGovern Institute is shaping brain science and improving human lives on a global scale

A quarter century after its founding, the McGovern Institute reflects on its discoveries in the areas of neuroscience, neurotechnology, artificial intelligence, brain-body connections, and therapeutics. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 29 days ago

Making AI-generated code more accurate in any language

A new technique automatically guides an LLM toward outputs that adhere to the rules of whatever programming language or other format is being used. | Continue reading


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Equipping living cells with logic gates to fight cancer

Founded by MIT researchers, Senti Bio is giving immune cells the ability to distinguish between healthy and cancerous cells. | Continue reading


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Student Spotlight: YongYan (Crystal) Liang

The senior, majoring in electrical engineering and computer science, has participated in SuperUROP, NEET, MISTI GTL, and multiple labs focusing on biological EECS. | Continue reading


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Enhancing the future of teaching and learning at MIT

The MIT Festival of Learning sparked discussions on better integrating a sense of purpose and social responsibility into hands-on education. | Continue reading


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Workshop explores new advanced materials for a growing world

Speakers described challenges and potential solutions for producing materials to meet demands associated with data centers, infrastructure, and other technology. | Continue reading


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Adam Berinsky awarded Carnegie fellowship

MIT political science professor among cohort of fellows who will focus on building a body of research on political polarization. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 1 month ago

New study reveals how cleft lip and cleft palate can arise

MIT biologists have found that defects in some transfer RNA molecules can lead to the formation of these common conditions. | Continue reading


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A chemist who tinkers with molecules’ structures

By changing how atoms in a molecule are arranged relative to each other, Associate Professor Alison Wendlandt aims to create compounds with new chemical properties. | Continue reading


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How should we prioritize patients waiting for kidney transplants?

A comprehensive study of the U.S. system could help policymakers analyze methods of matching donated kidneys and their recipients. | Continue reading


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Anders Serj Hansen named Edgerton Award winner

MIT associate professor recognized for exceptional distinction in teaching, research, and service at MIT. | Continue reading


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Anders Sejr Hansen named Edgerton Award winner

MIT associate professor recognized for exceptional distinction in teaching, research, and service at MIT. | Continue reading


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The Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building opens with Sonic Jubilance

An exuberant performance included five premieres by MIT composers, a fitting tribute to open the new home of MIT Music and launch the MIT arts festival Artfinity. | Continue reading


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Special subject invites first-year students to get their feet wet working with underwater vehicles

2.S01 (Introduction to Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) creates a learning environment where every student handles a robot. | Continue reading


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Restoring healthy gene expression with programmable therapeutics

CAMP4 Therapeutics is targeting regulatory RNA, whose role in gene expression was first described by co-founder and MIT Professor Richard Young. | Continue reading


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A faster way to solve complex planning problems

By eliminating redundant computations, a new data-driven method can streamline processes like scheduling trains, routing delivery drivers, or assigning airline crews. | Continue reading


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Beneath the biotech boom

MIT historian Robin Scheffler’s research shows how local regulations helped create certainty and safety principles that enabled an industry’s massive growth. | Continue reading


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