The Northeast Microelectronics Internship Program for first- and second-year college students looks to expand its reach, with thanks to new funding from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub. The program is an initiative of MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories. | Continue reading
MIT researchers found a way to screen cancer-linked gene mutations much more easily and quickly than existing approaches, using a variant of CRISPR genome-editing known as prime editing. | Continue reading
MIT spinout AgZen developed a system for feedback-optimized spraying that can help farmers spray more efficiently and effectively, using fewer chemicals overall. | Continue reading
Machine-learning software called tomoDRGN allows scientists to model shapeshifting proteins in their native environment. The work is led by Barrett Powell and Joey Davis of the MIT Department of Biology. | Continue reading
An MIT sensor can detect “forever chemicals” known as PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in drinking water. PFAS are found in many consumer products and are linked to cancer and other health problems. | Continue reading
An MIT study of polyglots found the brain’s language network responds more strongly when hearing languages a speaker is more proficient in — and much more weakly to the speaker’s native language. | Continue reading
A dataset of transformed images can be used to effectively simulate peripheral vision in a machine-learning model, improving the performance of these models on detecting and recognizing objects that are off to the side or in the corner of a scene. | Continue reading
An MIT study finds stimulating a key brain rhythm with light and sound increases peptide release from interneurons, driving clearance of an Alzheimer’s protein via the brain’s glymphatic system. | Continue reading
The 4D Knit Dress developed by MIT's Self-Assembly Lab combines several technologies — heat-activated yarns, computerized knitting; robotic activation — to create a garment that is sculpted to create a personalized fit and style. | Continue reading
MIT alumni Marcos Berríos, Christina Birch, and Christopher Williams have graduated from NASA astronaut training and are eligible for flight assignments. They encourage MIT students to apply for the next astronaut class. | Continue reading
MIT researchers discovered a brain circuit that drives vocalization and ensures that you talk only when you breathe out, and stop talking when you breathe in. This circuit is under control of a brainstem region called the pre-Bötzinger complex. | Continue reading
A new safety-check technique can prove with 100 percent accuracy that a planned robot motion will not result in a collision. The method can generate a proof in seconds and does so in a way that can be easily verified by a human. | Continue reading
Professor Ernest Fraenkel has decoded fundamental aspects of Huntington’s disease and glioblastoma, and is now using computation to better understand amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. | Continue reading
A noninvasive treatment may help to counter “chemo brain” impairment often seen in chemotherapy patients: Exposure to light and sound with a frequency of 40 hertz protected brain cells from chemotherapy-induced damage in mice, MIT researchers found. | Continue reading
A type of nanoparticle called a metal organic framework (MOF) could be used to deliver vaccines and act as an adjuvant. MIT researchers find these particles provoke a strong immune response by activating the innate immune system through cell proteins called toll-like receptors. | Continue reading
Two MIT Libraries exhibits explore the history of women at MIT. One examines women in biology, bioengineering, chemistry, and chemical engineering; the other identifies the women who built the core rope memory and magnetic core memory for the Apollo Guidance Computer. | Continue reading
Nicole McGaa, an MIT senior majoring in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, seeks to make spaceflight easier and safer for the human body. | Continue reading
A new MIT Bootcamps hybrid program brings a multidisciplinary approach to tackling substance use disorder through biomedical device innovation. | Continue reading
MIT spinout DataCebo helps companies bolster their datasets by creating synthetic data that mimic the real thing. | Continue reading
More than 100 members of the MIT community attended Sustainability Connect, a yearly forum that offers an inside look at this transformative and comprehensive work that is the foundation for MIT’s climate and sustainability leadership on campus. | Continue reading
MIT's School of Science recognized Sarthak Chandra, Michal Fux, Andrew Savinov, Ho Fung Cheng, Gabi Wenzel, Yu-An Zhang, Wouter Van de Pontseele, Alexander Shvonski, and David Stoppel with 2024 Infinite Expansion Awards. | Continue reading
The human brain appears biased toward hearing and producing rhythms with simple integer ratios, but the favored ratios can vary greatly between different societies, according to a 15-country study led by MIT researchers. | Continue reading
A comprehensive study of high-temperature superconducting magnets built by MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems confirms they meet requirements for an economic, compact fusion power plant. | Continue reading
MIT geologists determined the original orientation of many of the Mars bedrock samples collected by the Perseverance rover. The findings can give scientists clues to the conditions in which the rocks originally formed. | Continue reading
MIT undergraduates win all five top spots for the fourth year in a row and capture the Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize. | Continue reading
MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering opened their labs to first-year students looking to gain research experience and collaborate with current graduate students and postdocs. | Continue reading
IEEE designated three historical MIT Lincoln Laboratory technologies as IEEE Milestones: the Mode S air traffic control radar beacon system, 193-nanometer photolithography, and the semiconductor laser. | Continue reading
“Death, Dominance, and State-Building,” a new book by MIT Professor Roger Petersen, takes a close look at military operations and political dynamics of the Iraq War. | Continue reading
Lightmatter, a startup founded by three MIT alumni, is using photons as well as electrons to perform the computations that power AI models and facilitate chip-to-chip communication. | Continue reading
MIT Professor Tamara Broderick uses Bayesian inference to quantify uncertainty in an effort to better understand the limits of data analysis techniques. She collaborates with scientists in an array of fields, helping them craft better data analysis for their research. | Continue reading
MIT faculty members Jacob Andreas, Adam Belay, Soonwon Choi, Maryam Farboodi, Lina Necib, Arvind Satyanarayan, Andrew Vanderburg, and Xiao Wang have won 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships to advance their research in chemistry, physics, computer science, and finance. | Continue reading
Form Energy, co-founded by MIT materials scientist Yet-Ming Chiang, is incorporating renewables into the grid using their iron-air batteries and research from the lab of MIT IDSS Professor Jessika Trancik. | Continue reading
As part of the START.nano startup accelerator, Brazilian medical venture EDUCSIM is working with the MIT.nano Immersion Lab and researchers at Boston Children's Hospital to develop a virtual reality (VR) infant neuroscience training platform to train medical students in remo … | Continue reading
Edward B. Roberts, a visionary MIT management professor who studied entrepreneurship while building the Institute’s flourishing innovation ecosystem, has died at 88. | Continue reading
Language-processing difficulties are more of an indicator than memory loss of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), a risk factor for dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. | Continue reading
The MIT Press announced recipients of 2024 Grant Program for Diverse Voices, including new books from Kimberly Juanita Brown, Michel DeGraff, Amanda K. Greene, Silas Munro, and Anna Von Mertens. | Continue reading
MIT professors Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Simon Johnson describe the recently launched MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative. The initiative will advance policy-relevant economics research to identify innovative ways to revitalize labor market opportunities for non-coll … | Continue reading
Precancerous colon cells can avoid immune detection by turning on a gene called SOX17, which allows them to become essentially invisible to the immune system, an MIT study finds. | Continue reading
Quechua at MIT is a two-week course, led this year by Soledad Chango, that introduces students to the basics of Kichwa, a Quechua variant that is the most widely spoken language in the Americas. | Continue reading
A new study has unlocked nanoscale secrets for designing next-generation solar cells. The work will help researchers tune surface properties of perovskites, a promising alternative and supplement to silicon, for more efficient photovoltaics. | Continue reading
Can carbon trading systems reduce global emissions, or are they little more than greenwashing? Several MIT experts say the systems could be effective, at least in certain circumstances, but they must be thoroughly evaluated and regulated. | Continue reading
Sydney Johnson, an MIT graduate student and MIT Energy Initiative research assistant, looks at how to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries, including the steel industry. | Continue reading
MIT senior Sadhana Lolla has been named a 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholar. She will pursue a master's degree in technology policy at Cambridge University in the U.K. | Continue reading
MIT researchers applied deep-learning approaches from vehicle routing to streamline planning trajectories for robots in an e-commerce warehouse. Their method breaks the problem down into smaller chunks and then predicts the best chunks to solve with traditional algorithms. | Continue reading
The Federal Laboratory Consortium selected Lincoln Laboratory’s Timely Address Space Randomization (TASR) cybersecurity technology for a 2024 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award. | Continue reading
Jospin Hassan shared skills he learned through MIT open learning resources with his community in the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi. His organization, ADAI Circle, now offers education programs and mentorship. | Continue reading
The Laboratory for Information and Decisions Systems at MIT has been awarded a grant to pursue generative AI models as part of a multi-state team working to model and test new smart grid technologies for use in rural areas. | Continue reading
Pienso, founded by MIT alumni, developed a no-code AI builder so the people closest to problems can use the technology themselves rather than relying on machine-learning engineers. | Continue reading