MIT researchers have analyzed the causes of many cost overruns on new nuclear power plants in the U.S., which have soared in the past 50 years. The findings may help designers of new plants build in resilience to prevent such added costs. | Continue reading
MIT researchers have developed a way for deep learning neural networks to rapidly estimate confidence levels in their output. The advance could enhance safety and efficiency in AI-assisted decision making, with applications ranging from medical diagnosis to autonomous driving. | Continue reading
MIT research finds vibrations of the protein spikes on coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, play a crucial part in allowing the virus to penetrate human cells. The findings could help determine how dangerous different strains or mutations of coronaviruses may be, and might point … | Continue reading
MIT researchers have developed a two-layer passive cooling system, made of hydrogel and aerogel, that can keep foods and pharmaceuticals cool for days without the need for electricity. | Continue reading
MCUNet is a new MIT system that brings machine learning to microcontrollers. The advance could enhance the function and security of devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT). | Continue reading
Researchers have found an increase in anxiety and in thoughts about suicide in response to Covid-19 after analyzing Reddit posts. They used machine learning to study hundreds of thousands of posts, allowing them to identify changes in the tone and content of language that people … | Continue reading
MIT and University of Waterloo researchers have developed a high-power, portable version of a quantum cascade laser, which can generate terahertz radiation outside of a laboratory setting. The laser could be used in applications such as pinpointing skin cancer and detecting hidde … | Continue reading
MIT President Emerita Susan Hockfield wins the 2020 Science Communication Award from the American Institute of Physics for her book "The Age of Living Machines." | Continue reading
An artificial intelligence model can detect people who are asymptomatic with Covid-19, through cellphone-recorded coughs. The work was led by Brian Subirana and colleagues at the MIT Auto-ID Lab. | Continue reading
Gurrein Madan, an MIT graduate student in brain and cognitive sciences and MathWorks Fellow, studies gut–brain signaling with implications for human health. | Continue reading
MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit critical for learning to make decisions that require evaluating the cost or reward of an action. They showed this circuit is negatively affected by aging and in Huntington’s disease. | Continue reading
MIT researchers have designed a skin-like device that can be attached to the face and measure small movements such as a twitch or a smile. With this approach, patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) could communicate a variety of sentiments with small movements that are … | Continue reading
MIT Media Lab graduate student Jack Forman developed DefeXtiles, a tulle-like textile made from polymer filament, by controlling a common 3D printing defect. | Continue reading
Using a machine-learning approach that incorporates uncertainty, MIT researchers identified several promising compounds that target a protein required for the survival of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis. | Continue reading
The bioinformatics company Immuneering, founded by MIT alumnus Ben Zeskind, is studying RNA data to develop drugs for different forms of cancers and Alzheimer’s disease. | Continue reading
Yogesh “Yogi” Surendranath, associate professor of chemistry at MIT, harnesses electricity to rearrange chemical bonds. The electrochemical reactions he’s developing hold potential for process such as splitting water into hydrogen fuel, creating more efficient fuel cells, and con … | Continue reading
MIT researchers have created a machine learning system that aims to help linguists decipher lost languages. | Continue reading
Research by MIT political scientist Charles Stewart estimates that 4 percent of all mail-in ballots in the 2016 U.S. presidential election were not recorded. | Continue reading
A set of open-source synthetic data generation tools meant to expand access to data without compromising privacy has been made available to the public by researchers in the Laboratory for Information Decision Systems (LIDS) at MIT. | Continue reading
A system developed by chemical engineers at MIT could provide a way of continuously removing carbon dioxide from a stream of waste gases, or even from the air. The key component is an electrochemically assisted membrane whose permeability to gas can be switched on and off at will … | Continue reading
A technique for generating photons developed at MIT provides a means of interconnection between processors, opening the way to a complete quantum computing platform. | Continue reading
In an effort to get robots to achieve a hive-mind level of coordination, a team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) came up with self-assembling robotic cubes that can climb over and around one another, leap through the air, and roll across … | Continue reading
In profile: MIT Literature Associate Professor Stephanie Frampton studies the material culture of ancient writing. | Continue reading
The Kyrix-S system from MIT makes it easier to automatically create interactive visualizations for big data applications. | Continue reading
Researchers are working to design a universal flu vaccine that could work against any flu strain. A new vaccination strategy from MIT, the Ragon Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital triggers an immune response in mice against an influenza protein segment that rarely muta … | Continue reading
MIT researchers have published seven papers outlining details of the physics behind the ambitious SPARC fusion research experiment being developed by MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems. | Continue reading
Researchers at MIT and Harvard have shown that people use a type of reasoning known as universalization to help them make moral decisions in certain types of situations. This strategy is most applicable in social dilemmas called “threshold problems,” in which harm can occur if ev … | Continue reading
An MIT-led team shows how incorporating the symmetries of physics theories into machine learning and artificial intelligence architectures can provide much faster algorithms for theoretical physics. | Continue reading
MIT Professor Regina Barzilay has received a $1 million Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity for her work developing machine learning models for cancer diagnosis and drug discovery. | Continue reading
A new study shows how brain wave frequencies may vary across the cortex to sculpt the flow of information as we seek to turn raw sensory input into a plan for action. | Continue reading
Analysis of Event Horizon Telescope observations from 2009 to 2017 reveals turbulent evolution of the M87* black hole image: the shadow of the M87* black hole is wobbling. The work was carried out by EHT scientists, including contributors from MIT Haystack Observatory. | Continue reading
MIT astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized “pi planet,” which orbits its star every 3.14 days. The researchers first discovered signals of the planet in data taken by the NASA Kepler Space Telescope’s K2 mission, and then zeroed in with the SPECULOOS network of ground-based t … | Continue reading
Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have found evidence suggesting the presence of hot springs near settlements of early human ancestors in Oldvuai Gorge. The finding raises the possibility that ancient hominids may have used the hot springs for primitive cooking, before the controll … | Continue reading
Engineers at MIT and UMass Lowell have designed a wide-angle lens that is completely flat. It is the first flat fisheye lens to produce crisp, 180-degree panoramic images. | Continue reading
MIT chemists have discovered that changing the length the carbohydrate galactan can dramatically affect its function. In a study of mycobacteria, the team found shortening galactan impairs some cell functions and makes cells much more susceptible to certain antibiotics. | Continue reading
An MIT-led research team will develop software that blends observational data, powerful computational tools, and predictive modeling to better predict space weather. | Continue reading
SMART researchers found a way to reverse antibiotic resistance in some bacteria using hydrogen sulphide. Exposing bacteria that don't naturally produce H2S to the substance can cause sensitization to antibiotics. | Continue reading
A computer vision model developed by researchers at MIT, IBM, and Columbia University can compare and contrast dynamic events captured on video to tease out the high-level concepts connecting them. | Continue reading
By securely aggregating sensitive security data, the SCRAM platform from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) can quantify an organization’s level of risk and suggest how to prioritize security investments. | Continue reading
LIGO and Virgo researchers have detected a signal from what may be the most massive black hole merger yet observed in gravitational waves. The product of the merger is the first clear detection of a so-called intermediate mass black hole, with a mass between 100 and 1000 times th … | Continue reading
The National Science Foundation's new AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions will be anchored at MIT, merging research in AI and physics to answer outstanding questions about topics such as dark matter, gravitational waves, and fundamental part … | Continue reading
Development of fusion power, a carbon-free, combustion-free source of energy, is now on a faster track toward realization, thanks to a collaboration between MIT and a new private company, Commonwealth Fusion Systems. CFS will join with MIT to carry out rapid, staged research lead … | Continue reading
MIT researchers have developed a simple, low-cost technology to administer powerful drug formulations that are too viscous to be injected using conventional syringes and needles. | Continue reading
Nergis Mavalvala has been named dean of the MIT School of Science. The astrophysicist and associate head of physics will succeed Michael Sipser. | Continue reading
When MIT scaled back on-campus research in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic, the LIGO team at the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research adapted quickly to the new work-from-home normal. | Continue reading
Everactive provides an industrial “internet of things” platform built on its battery-free sensors. | Continue reading
Former CEO of Google Cloud succeeds Robert Millard. | Continue reading
How people interpret musical notes depends on the types of music they have listened to, researchers find. | Continue reading