Coactive, founded by two MIT alumni, has built an AI-powered platform to unlock new insights from content of all types. | Continue reading
Neural activity patterns can encode competing hypotheses about which landmark will lead to the correct destination. | Continue reading
With items selling for as little as $2, the initiative diverted about 750 pounds of textiles from landfills in 2024-25. | Continue reading
Focused research organizations (FROs) undertake large research efforts and have begun to yield scientific advances. | Continue reading
The approach could help animators to create realistic 3D characters or engineers to design elastic products. | Continue reading
MIT study finds an easily measurable brain wave shift may be a universal marker of unconsciousness under anesthesia. | Continue reading
MIT Lincoln Laboratory developed the system, launched recently aboard the QZSS-HP satellite, for a collaborative effort between the US Space Force and Japan. | Continue reading
Viraat Goel MBA ’25, PhD ’25 shares a poignant moment at the OneMIT Commencement ceremony with his wife, Erin Tevonian PhD ’25, as they celebrate their academic journey together. | Continue reading
The magnetic state offers a new route to “spintronic” memory devices that would be faster and more efficient than their electronic counterparts. | Continue reading
Founded by two former regulars at the MITERS makerspace, the company has built huge, rugged drones to more safely and sustainably apply fertilizers and pesticides on farms. | Continue reading
Researchers developed an algorithm that lets a robot “think ahead” and consider thousands of potential motion plans simultaneously. | Continue reading
Featuring a diverse lineup of speakers, including Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics and an interactive projects showcase, the event empowered youth to tackle big challenges together. | Continue reading
Offerings included talks, concerts, and interactive installations. | Continue reading
MIT sweeps the 2024-25 NCAA Division III women’s cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field titles — becoming the first women’s program to win all three in the same year. | Continue reading
Biofilms deposited by living organisms reduce the accumulation of small particles, while areas of bare sand can be microplastics hotspots. | Continue reading
Influential MIT economist and former vice chair of the US Federal Reserve inspired generations of students and helped shape modern macroeconomics. | Continue reading
The method’s overall carbon emissions are on par with those of other green hydrogen technologies. | Continue reading
A team of MIT researchers founded Themis AI to quantify AI model uncertainty and address knowledge gaps. | Continue reading
MIT engineers developed a technique for making intricate structures with supports that can be dissolved and reused instead of thrown away. | Continue reading
In the inaugural STUDIO.nano Resonance Lecture, the Brown University assistant professor traced how artists in the 1960s delved into early computer science, cybernetics, and AI. | Continue reading
With demand for cement alternatives rising, an MIT team uses machine learning to hunt for new ingredients across the scientific literature. | Continue reading
In an annual tradition, MIT affiliates embarked on a trip to Washington to explore federal lawmaking and advocate for science policy. | Continue reading
SketchAgent, a drawing system developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, sketches up concepts stroke-by-stroke, teaching language models to visually express concepts on their own and collaborate with humans. | Continue reading
The fellowships recognize doctoral students who have “the extraordinary creativity and principled leadership necessary to tackle problems others can’t solve.” | Continue reading
Courses on developing AI models for health care need to focus more on identifying and addressing bias, says Leo Anthony Celi. | Continue reading
The former president of Ireland provides wit and wisdom to the graduating Class of 2025 and guests. | Continue reading
Nobles urged graduates to be “bold and imaginative” in tackling big problems, “and to do so with compassion and generosity.” | Continue reading
Lively Commencement ceremony gives students, family, and friends a chance to celebrate years of hard work by the Institute’s newest graduates. | Continue reading
MIT’s president urges graduates to become ambassadors for scientific thinking and discovery. | Continue reading
“Do not forget how special and bizarre it is to get to live a human life,” the science communicator and video creator told the Class of 2025. | Continue reading
The term members will serve between three and five years on MIT’s board of trustees. | Continue reading
“There’s no better use of a day than learning something new,” Green reflected before delivering MIT’s 2025 Commencement address. | Continue reading
Researchers redesign a compact RNA-guided enzyme from bacteria, making it an efficient editor of human DNA. | Continue reading
PhD student Sarah Alnegheimish wants to make machine learning systems accessible. | Continue reading
2.797/2.798 (Molecular Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics) explores the intersection of mechanics and biology. | Continue reading
Researchers also found these effects can be reversed by treatment with an antioxidant. | Continue reading
Gift from the Leinweber Foundation, in addition to a $5 million commitment from the School of Science, will drive discovery, collaboration, and the next generation of physics leaders. | Continue reading
Each year, two longstanding D-Lab courses make their mark on students and communities around the world. | Continue reading
Ananda Santos Figueiredo, a senior in civil and environmental engineering, is charting her own course of impact. | Continue reading
These devices could pack three times as much energy per pound as today’s best EV batteries, offering a lightweight option for powering trucks, planes, or ships. | Continue reading
The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors. | Continue reading
MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing extends a deep Institute legacy of expanding US growth and jobs through industrial production. | Continue reading
MIT researchers developed a new model of memory that includes critical contributions from astrocytes, a class of brain cells. | Continue reading
A large impact could have briefly amplified the moon’s weak magnetic field, creating a momentary spike that was recorded in some lunar rocks. | Continue reading
MIT senior Maria Aguiar loves everything about materials science — but has a soft spot for garnet thin films, the focus of her undergraduate research. | Continue reading
Led by Assistant Professor Richard Teague, a team of international astronomers has released a collection of papers and public data furthering our understanding of planet formation. | Continue reading
MIT researchers’ new membrane separates different types of fuel based on their molecular size, eliminating the need for energy-intensive crude oil distillation. | Continue reading
The “one-of-a-kind” phenomenon was observed in ordinary graphite. | Continue reading