A collaborative network of makerspaces has spread from MIT across the country, helping communities make their own products. | Continue reading
Professors Andrew Vanderburg and Ariel White are honored as “Committed to Caring.” | Continue reading
With projected global warming, the frequency of extreme storms will ramp up by the end of the century, according to a new study. | Continue reading
These bacteria, which could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, could act as sensors to help farmers monitor their crops. | Continue reading
The approach maintains an AI model’s accuracy while ensuring attackers can’t extract secret information. | Continue reading
No venture capital, no competition — just real-world problems in urgent need of solutions. | Continue reading
J-WAFS marks 10 years of supporting student engagement through grants, fellowships, events, mentorship, and funding for clubs. | Continue reading
Fellowship honors contributions of immigrants to American society by awarding $90,000 in funding for graduate studies. | Continue reading
MIT engineers developed an insect-sized jumping robot that can traverse challenging terrains and carry heavy payloads. | Continue reading
Associate Professor Dwai Banerjee examines topics ranging from cancer care to the history of computing. | Continue reading
A new method lets users ask, in plain language, for a new molecule with certain properties, and receive a detailed description of how to synthesize it. | Continue reading
Entrepreneur and educator Vanessa Chan PhD ’00 explores how to bridge the gap between invention and market. | Continue reading
As part of MITEI’s speaker series, The Engine CEO Emily Knight explained how to take “tough tech” innovation from idea to impact. | Continue reading
Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5. | Continue reading
Political scientist Kathleen Thelen’s new book explains how America’s large retailers got very, very large. | Continue reading
“InteRecon” enables users to capture items in a mobile app and reconstruct their interactive features in mixed reality. The tool could assist in education, medical environments, museums, and more. | Continue reading
Connected by MIT’s Human Insight Collaborative, Lecturer Mi-Eun Kim and Research Scientist Praneeth Namburi want to develop an understanding of musical expression and skill development. | Continue reading
MIT Health mourns the loss of the student health plan research and resolution specialist. | Continue reading
New research on a cytokine called IL-17 adds to growing evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness. | Continue reading
Performed in microgravity, 200 miles above the Earth’s surface, the imaging procedure could help keep astronauts safe and healthy on long-term missions. | Continue reading
The undergraduate lab’s first microscope competition highlights stunning images and student ingenuity. | Continue reading
Federal Laboratory Consortium award recognizes excellence in commercializing small microwave sounders expected to improve weather forecasts. | Continue reading
Researchers analyzed the full lifecycle of several fuel options and found this approach has a comparable environmental impact, overall, to burning low-sulfur fuels. | Continue reading
Speaking at MIT, Rasmussen detailed the company’s manufacturing footprint, and the importance of balancing innovation, cost efficiency, and sustainability. | Continue reading
The framework helps clinicians choose phrases that more accurately reflect the likelihood that certain conditions are present in X-rays. | Continue reading
Inaugural cohort of Tecnológico de Monterrey undergraduates participate in immersive practicum at MIT featuring desktop fiber-extrusion devices, or FrEDs. | Continue reading
At the 2025 MIT Energy Conference, energy leaders from around the world discussed how to make green technologies competitive with fossil fuels. | Continue reading
Upending a long-held supposition, MIT researchers find a common catalyst works by cycling between two different forms. | Continue reading
Scaling up nanoparticle production could help scientists test new cancer treatments. | Continue reading
More than 1 million people are contributing their data to Vana’s decentralized network, which started as an MIT class project. | Continue reading
The fellowship supports research contributing to the field of planetary science and astronomy. | Continue reading
SPROUT, developed by Lincoln Laboratory and University of Notre Dame researchers, is a vine robot capable of navigating under collapsed structures. | Continue reading
Metallurgist brings experience in interdisciplinary collaboration and close engagement with industry. | Continue reading
Associate Professor Evelina Fedorenko is working to decipher the internal structure and functions of the brain’s language-processing machinery. | Continue reading
This new framework leverages a model’s reasoning abilities to create a “smart assistant” that finds the optimal solution to multistep problems. | Continue reading
Kodiak Brush ’17 went from MIT middle linebacker to designer of safer football helmets for all levels. | Continue reading
These big fish get most of their food from the ocean’s “twilight zone,” a deep, dark region the commercial fishing industry is eyeing with interest. | Continue reading
The physical organic chemist and MIT professor for over 40 years is celebrated for his lasting impact on generations of chemists. | Continue reading
Professor of media technology honored for research in human-computer interaction that is considered both fundamental and influential. | Continue reading
ADEPT brings together universities, governments, and other members to empower the next generation of policymakers with the tools to innovate, test, and scale effective public policies and programs. | Continue reading
The MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance includes research, education, and career opportunities across the Institute. | Continue reading
Scientists have found that trees in cities respond to higher temperatures differently than those in forests, potentially masking climate impacts. | Continue reading
Ana Trišović, who studies the democratization of AI, reflects on a career path that she began as a student downloading free MIT resources in Serbia. | Continue reading
In a new class, students design, build, and test an electric rocket engine turbopump, facing challenges they will experience as practicing engineers. | Continue reading
Mechanical metamaterials research demands interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation, say researchers from MechE's Portela Lab. | Continue reading
The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes six current affiliates and 27 additional MIT alumni for their efforts to advance science and related fields. | Continue reading
EduFi, founded by an MIT alumna, provides low-interest student loans to families in Pakistan so more can attend college. | Continue reading
On the physics faculty for nearly 40 years and a member of the Center for Theoretical Physics, he focused on the interactions of hadrons and developed an R-matrix formulation of scattering theory. | Continue reading