MIT students designed, built, and tested a jet engine with AI copilots, assessing AI’s usefulness in developing high-performance aerospace systems. | Continue reading
Gently stretching and pulling a “blood vessel on a chip” encourages controlled sprouting of new vessels, for possible use in artificial tissues or organs. | Continue reading
A faculty member since 2007, the scholar of medieval literature explores how different parts of physical manuscripts combine to create interest and meaning. | Continue reading
Students from the MIT Cybersecurity Clinic help local governments and other vulnerable organizations defend against digital threats. | Continue reading
“SceneSmith” system uses collaborative AI agents to create realistic 3D environments of places like kitchens, hotels, and living rooms, where robots can simulate everyday chores. | Continue reading
The tunable device controls mid-infrared light for more precise thermal imaging, chemical sensing, or pollution monitoring. | Continue reading
Researchers developed an auditing technique to test generative AI models for malicious capabilities, without prompting them for illegal outputs. | Continue reading
Researchers found a simple solution for extending the lifespans of LEDs made from glowing microscopic particles called quantum dots. | Continue reading
The Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet project opens a solar-powered “adaptation fortress” in Satkhira, a region facing severe and growing climate threats. | Continue reading
MIT engineers’ design could lead to a new class of aerial-aquatic vehicles for ocean exploration. | Continue reading
An MIT mechanical engineering course explores entrepreneurship through lessons and stories shared by alumni startup founders. | Continue reading
The “TOSSIT” device, developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, can warn service members and first responders of dangerous vapors and aerosols. | Continue reading
MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water. | Continue reading
PhD candidate Henry Wang works with FIFA and other organizations to advance the way sports are played, analyzed, and refereed. | Continue reading
In this leadership role, Miljački seeks to shepherd a collective commitment to transform the present into a better future. | Continue reading
Neuroscientists find logical reasoning does not involve language-processing parts of the brain. | Continue reading
MIT and Tec de Monterrey will expand FrED curriculum to universities across Mexico. | Continue reading
The 1967 Outer Space Treaty bans nuclear weapons in space, but there’s currently no way to verify that satellites aren’t carrying them. | Continue reading
The new aerated material could enable longer-lasting bandages, implants, and wearable sensors. | Continue reading
A simple brain circuit measures objects’ distance from the body using touch signals from a rodent’s whiskers, MIT scientists find. | Continue reading
A USAF cadet and a Lincoln Laboratory researcher found AI chatbots can help nontechnical service members produce viable software applications for their unique problems. | Continue reading
Physicists have found signs of colliding black holes that are themselves products of previous black hole smash-ups. | Continue reading
A team led by MIT Energy Initiative researchers developed the HyCAT tool, enabling decision-makers to explore the cost and carbon emissions of their options for shipping hydrogen fuel to their site. | Continue reading
The professor of physics and inaugural director of the NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions will lead LNS and continue his research in particle physics. | Continue reading
PhD student Rachel Sava, winner of the Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize, explores transformative improvements and dystopian risks of neural technology. | Continue reading
New research could help prevent the formation of tiny seeds of lithium metal within the electrolyte, enabling batteries that charge faster and last longer. | Continue reading
In certain species of bacteria, the answer lies in shielding RNA transcripts from a quality-control factor called Rho. Understanding the requirements for expressible sequences is critical for expression engineering of therapeutic agents. | Continue reading
The SHASS Faculty Fellows Program, administered by the MIT Human Insight Collaborative, is fostering new research projects and creating space for supportive and interdisciplinary discussion. | Continue reading
A faculty member since 2011, Ekmekcioglu examines how communities survive, adapt, remember, and make claims on justice under difficult political conditions. | Continue reading
During a "Washington Post Live" panel discussion with ASU President Michael Crow, President Sally Kornbluth explored how universities are preparing the next generation of scientists to lead in America’s rapidly changing technological landscape. | Continue reading
Wyslouch remains the director of the Bates Research and Engineering Center and will continue research on heavy ion collisions. | Continue reading
An extensive study of U.S. cities identifies walkable neighborhoods, urban greenery, and access to amenities as key contributors to residents’ health. | Continue reading
The new technology, which generates high-resolution, 3D images of breast tissue, requires no expertise to operate and could be used at home. | Continue reading
The innovative effort bringing researchers from Israel to campus keeps growing while enhancing community connections and academic inquiry. | Continue reading
A new study reveals that parts of the brain located far from the canonical language-processing centers are also involved in language comprehension. | Continue reading
Three MIT teams took five top awards in the 2026 NASA RASC-AL Competition for designing critical elements for the moon base and future missions to Mars. | Continue reading
The FUTUR-IC research program integrates electronics and photonics in microchip systems. | Continue reading
Computer scientist Phillip Isola cuts through the hype to explain how AI agents work and what the future might hold for this rapidly advancing technology. | Continue reading
Using modern tools, they also determined that carbon tetrachloride, used as a dry-cleaning and degreasing agent as early as the 1930s, was at the root of early ozone loss. | Continue reading
Cell biologist Whitney Henry and immunologist Harikesh Wong will receive four years of flexible funding to advance early-career research on ferroptosis and immune decision-making. | Continue reading
Associate Professor Anna Huang delivers the keynote address, “In Search of Human-AI Resonance,” to a capacity crowd. | Continue reading
In a new Keller Gallery exhibition, Alexandros Haridis SM ’17, PhD ’22 traces centuries of ideas about aesthetic judgment and explores how design can make complex computational systems visible. | Continue reading
Anantha P. Chandrakasan is “Committed to Caring” for redefining mentorship through presence and perspective. | Continue reading
What’s more, the superconducting states get stronger under conditions expected to kill them. | Continue reading
A faculty member since 1999, Autor is a leading researcher in artificial intelligence and the work of the future. | Continue reading
The prototype array uses a small, lightweight, low-power, and low-cost aperture. | Continue reading
A new study suggests flexibility in the timing of electricity consumption could lower consumer costs. | Continue reading
A hands-on boot camp teaches integrated photonics to community and four-year college students in the region. | Continue reading