MD/PhD student Sayo Eweje seeks to develop new technologies for delivering RNA and protein therapies directly to the body’s cells. | Continue reading
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
The senior strategic sourcing analyst is responsible for everything related to travel and hospitality that involves purchasing at MIT. | Continue reading
The three-day, hands-on conference hosted by the MIT RAISE Initiative welcomed youths and adults from nearly 30 countries. | Continue reading
“Empathy and respect are central values here,” Kornbluth tells MIT’s newest students and their families at the President’s Convocation. | Continue reading
In language-processing areas of the brain, some cell populations respond to one word, while others respond to strings of words. | Continue reading
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
A new family of integrated rock salt-polyanion cathodes opens door to low-cost, high-energy storage. | Continue reading
Building on a landmark algorithm, researchers propose a way to make a smaller and more noise-tolerant quantum factoring circuit for cryptography. | Continue reading
Amulya Aluru ’23, MEng ’24 and the MIT Spokes have spent the summer spreading science, over 3,000 miles on two wheels. | Continue reading
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
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
Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill provides an update on MIT’s newest incoming class. | Continue reading
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
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
Professor Ellen Roche is creating the next generation of medical devices to help repair hearts, lungs, and other tissues. | Continue reading
Sophie Hartley wants to help people learn about the importance of natural resources and land management through science writing. | Continue reading
The convoluted “legalese” used in legal documents conveys a special sense of authority, and even non-lawyers have learned to wield it. | Continue reading
MIT researchers have found a way to make structural materials last longer under the harsh conditions inside a fusion reactor. | Continue reading
AI agents could soon become indistinguishable from humans online. Could “personhood credentials” protect people against digital imposters? | Continue reading
By studying ancient, supermassive black holes called quasars, Dominika Ďurovčíková is illuminating an early moment when galaxies could first be observed. | Continue reading
Ortiz is an internationally recognized researcher in biotechnology and biomaterials, advanced and additive manufacturing, and sustainable and socially-directed materials design. | Continue reading
These zinc-air batteries, smaller than a grain of sand, could help miniscule robots sense and respond to their environment. | Continue reading
The software tool NeuroTrALE is designed to quickly and efficiently process large amounts of brain imaging data semi-automatically. | Continue reading
MIT’s Office of Graduate Education hosts Summit on Creating Inclusive Pathways to the PhD | Continue reading
The presence of organic matter is inconclusive, but the rocks could be scientists’ best chance at finding remnants of ancient Martian life. | Continue reading
The new device, which can be implanted under the skin, rapidly releases naloxone when an overdose is detected. | Continue reading
The approach can detect anomalies in data recorded over time, without the need for any training. | Continue reading
Gamma frequency light and sound stimulation preserves myelination in mouse models and reveals molecular mechanisms that may underlie the benefit. | Continue reading
A wide range of faculty disciplines showcases the breadth of research and scholarship across the school. | Continue reading
The scholar’s body of work included two literary biographies of great American writers. | Continue reading
Historian Caley Horan studies commerce and uncertainty in modern American life. | Continue reading
An MIT-led group shows how to achieve precise control over the properties of Weyl semimetals and other exotic substances. | Continue reading
The innovation, which employs beeswax to maintain consistent heating, is the result of three years of co-design with Cameroonian poultry farmers. | Continue reading
Large multi-ring-containing molecules known as oligocyclotryptamines have never been produced in the lab until now. | Continue reading
Professor who uses a cross-disciplinary approach to understand human diseases on a molecular and cellular level succeeds Elazer Edelman. | Continue reading
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub research presents a streamlined pavement life-cycle assessment tool to enable a large set of stakeholders to conduct environmental analysis of pavements. | Continue reading
SimPLE learns to pick, regrasp, and place objects using the objects’ computer-aided design model. | Continue reading
Sublime Systems, founded by Professor Yet-Ming Chiang and former postdoc Leah Ellis, has developed a sustainable way to make one of the world’s most common materials. | Continue reading
“MIT graduates are top performers in the fleet, and the rigorous four-year program they complete prepares them to be ready to respond to future technical and leadership challenges,” says Commander Jennifer Huck. | Continue reading
MIT students get first-hand view of climate-proofing the Netherlands. | Continue reading
Leveraging more than 35 years of experience at MIT, Bertsimas will work with partners across the Institute to transform teaching and learning on and off campus. | Continue reading
Reflecting a “Moore’s Law of aviation,” commercial flight has become roughly twice as safe each decade since the 1960s; Covid-19 added a wrinkle, however. | Continue reading
Context Labs, led by Dan Harple SM ’13, uses AI-enabled data analytics and verification to help companies measure their true greenhouse emissions and document reductions. | Continue reading
Bioengineer and artist David Kastner seeks to unlock the secrets of catalysis and improve science communication through eye-catching visuals. | Continue reading
Electronic waste is a rapidly growing problem, but this degradable material could allow the recycling of parts from many single-use and wearable devices. | Continue reading
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics faculty member will play a vital role in shaping and supporting the MIT School of Engineering community. | Continue reading
New center taps Institute-wide expertise to improve understanding of, and responses to, sustainability challenges. | Continue reading