Over 2,500 — including coaches and players from Team USA, the NBA, WNBA, and more — attended MIT’s industry-leading event, now in its 20th year. | Continue reading
Assistant Professor Matthew Jones is working to decode molecular processes on the genetic, epigenetic, and microenvironment levels to anticipate how and when tumors evolve to resist treatment. | Continue reading
From early motion-sensing platforms to environmental monitoring, the professor and head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences has turned decades of cross-disciplinary research into real-world impact. | Continue reading
Faculty members and researchers were honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence. | Continue reading
The MIT4America Calculus Project is a growing source of tutoring support on a topic that’s a “gateway” to many STEM careers. | Continue reading
A new study finds hitchhiking bacteria dissolve essential ballast in ubiquitous “snow” particles, which could counteract the ocean’s ability to sequester carbon. | Continue reading
New work suggests the brain can deliver neuron-specific feedback during learning — resembling the error signals that drive machine learning. | Continue reading
A new approach could help users know whether to trust a model’s predictions in safety-critical applications like health care and autonomous driving. | Continue reading
In Compton Lecture at MIT, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns of dramatic global decay in cognition, attention spans, and civic life, and urges curbs to tech use. | Continue reading
New research by MIT geophysicists could assist efforts to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it underground. | Continue reading
Eliezer Calo’s studies of craniofacial malformations have yielded insight into protein synthesis and embryonic development. | Continue reading
Kate Brown’s book, “Tiny Gardens Everywhere,” examines the hidden history of urban farming, its extensive use, and the politics of growing food. | Continue reading
The teamwork, leadership, and communication skills developed in the Gordon Engineering Leadership (GEL) Program drive success of Edgerton Center project teams. | Continue reading
Research reveals how cells may activate a compensation system that can reduce the effects of harmful genetic mutations. This could inform gene therapy development. | Continue reading
Through an interdisciplinary collaboration between MIT and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, researchers are creating playable physical and synthesized replicas. | Continue reading
Senior engineer Badri Ratnam has enhanced his education and career with 40 courses offered by MITx at MIT Open Learning. | Continue reading
The latest crop of space-time wobbles includes a variety of heavy, fast-spinning, and lopsided colliding black holes. | Continue reading
While some N2O is produced naturally at the plant root, agricultural practices can increase its levels, to the detriment of some microbes that support plant growth. | Continue reading
The approach could help engineers tackle extremely complex design problems, from power grid optimization to vehicle design. | Continue reading
Patterns of gaze and attention can reveal how some people unconsciously figure out how to master a task, new research shows. | Continue reading
The engineered tissue grafts could take on the liver’s function and help thousands of people with liver failure. | Continue reading
The advanced manufacturing group becomes a member and will contribute equipment to MIT.nano. | Continue reading
In 16.85 Autonomy Capstone (Design and Testing of Autonomous Vehicles), AeroAstro students build software that allows autonomous flight vehicles to navigate unknown environments. | Continue reading
Assistant Professor Alison Ringel will investigate the intersection of immunology and aging biology, aiming to define mechanisms that underlie aging-related decline, thanks to a grant from the foundation. | Continue reading
The longtime MIT faculty member and former dean established an influential writing program at the Institute and was known for his fierce criticism of automated essay grading. | Continue reading
Japan incorporates more disaster planning into its buildings and public spaces than any other nation. Miho Mazereeuw’s new book explains how they do it. | Continue reading
Lincoln Laboratory intern Ivy Mahncke developed and tested algorithms to help human divers and robots navigate underwater. | Continue reading
A collaboration between MIT’s Leaders for Global Operations, Boeing, and Engineering Tomorrow brings aspiring engineers from the classroom to the factory floor. | Continue reading
Foray Bioscience, founded by Ashley Beckwith SM ’18, PhD ’22, is engineering single plant cells to create new materials and meet growing demand. | Continue reading
By leveraging idle computing time, researchers can double the speed of model training while preserving accuracy. | Continue reading
MIT researchers uncovered the physics behind bubble-removing membranes that could improve bioreactors, chemical production, and more. | Continue reading
To help generative AI models create durable, real-world accessories and decor, the PhysiOpt system runs physics simulations and makes subtle tweaks to its 3D blueprints. | Continue reading
By providing holistic information on a cell, an AI-driven method could help scientists better understand disease mechanisms and plan experiments. | Continue reading
Ed Hallen MBA ’12 and Andrew Bialecki, co-founders of tech firm Klaviyo, will help to meet increased student demand for building impactful ventures. | Continue reading
An international study reveals disparities in urban shade levels, exacerbating the “heat island” effect in big cities. | Continue reading
In research that could help elucidate humans’ role in global warming, scientists showed how three major natural events impacted global atmospheric temperatures. | Continue reading
The X-ray diffraction and imaging facility at MIT.nano adds a new tool to support research in a wide variety of disciplines. | Continue reading
Zuri Sullivan, a new assistant professor of biology and Whitehead Institute member, studies why we get sick, and whether aspects of illness, such as disrupted appetite, contribute to host defense. | Continue reading
Researchers find mice modeling the autism spectrum disorder fragile X syndrome exhibit the same pattern of differences in low-frequency waves as humans — a new marker for treatment studies. | Continue reading
By enabling two chips to authenticate each other using a shared fingerprint, this technique can improve privacy and energy efficiency. | Continue reading
Research from the MIT Center for Constructive Communication finds leading AI models perform worse for users with lower English proficiency, less formal education, and non-US origins. | Continue reading
Annual award honors early-career researchers for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments. | Continue reading
A new method developed at MIT could root out vulnerabilities and improve LLM safety and performance. | Continue reading
An AI control system co-developed by SMART researchers enables soft robotic arms to learn a broad set of motions once and adapt instantly to changing conditions without retraining. | Continue reading
By minimizing the need to drive around looking for a parking spot, this technique can save drivers up to 35 minutes — and give them a realistic estimate of total travel time. | Continue reading
Gustavo Barboza’s learning journey took him from his native Colombia to the French military, and now back to the classroom. MIT’s free resources have helped guide him as he studies electrical engineering. | Continue reading
Overcoming challenges of 3D printing with multiple functional materials, MIT researchers fabricated an electric linear motor in minutes. | Continue reading
The context of long-term conversations can cause an LLM to begin mirroring the user’s viewpoints, possibly reducing accuracy or creating a virtual echo-chamber. | Continue reading