In his 17 years as dean, Schmittlein led the transformation of MIT Sloan into a management school uniquely positioned for the future and “the best version of its distinctive self.” | Continue reading
As artificial intelligence develops, we must ask vital questions about ourselves and our society, Ben Vinson III contends in the 2025 Compton Lecture. | Continue reading
“Xstrings” method enables users to produce cable-driven objects, automatically assemble bionic robots, sculptures, and dynamic fashion designs. | Continue reading
A new study finds natural and invented languages elicit similar responses in the brain’s language-processing network. | Continue reading
The system uses reconfigurable electromechanical building blocks to create structural electronics. | Continue reading
With 49 points, MIT bests 61 other teams; senior Alexis Boykin wins shot put and weight throw national titles. | Continue reading
In MIT’s 2025 Killian Lecture, physicist John Joannopoulos recounts highlights from a career at the vanguard of photonics research and innovation. | Continue reading
Professor Emeritus Olivier Blanchard PhD ’77, Jordi Galí PhD ’89, and Michael Woodford PhD ’83 are honored for work on macroeconomic analysis and policy. | Continue reading
MIT engineers developed a way to grow artificial tissues that look and act like their natural counterparts. | Continue reading
A decade of studies provide a growing evidence base that increasing the power of the brain’s gamma rhythms could help fight Alzheimer’s, and perhaps other neurological diseases. | Continue reading
A new analysis suggests our language capacity existed at least 135,000 years ago, with language used widely perhaps 35,000 years after that. | Continue reading
MIT students travel to the Amazon, working with locals to address the plastics sustainability crisis. | Continue reading
The Exo 2 programming language enables reusable scheduling libraries external to compilers. | Continue reading
A new, highly efficient process for performing this conversion could make it easier to develop therapies for spinal cord injuries or diseases like ALS. | Continue reading
MIT professors Paloma Duong, Frank Schilbach, and Justin Steil are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching. | Continue reading
U.S. Air Force engineer and PhD student Randall Pietersen is using AI and next-generation imaging technology to detect pavement damage and unexploded munitions. | Continue reading
The 19th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference spotlighted a thriving industry. Here are a handful of ideas for getting ahead in it. | Continue reading
The Institute also ranks second in seven subject areas. | Continue reading
Charge Robotics, founded by MIT alumni, has created a system that automatically assembles and installs completed sections of large solar farms. | Continue reading
Conference at MIT brings together scientific experts and communicators to discuss the path toward a more informed, science-supportive public. | Continue reading
Experiments find debate training boosts careers by enhancing assertiveness and communications techniques. | Continue reading
Professors Emery Brown and Hamsa Balakrishnan are honored as “Committed to Caring” for their guidance of graduate students. | Continue reading
McGovern Institute researchers develop a mathematical model to help define how modularity occurs in the brain — and across nature. | Continue reading
Increasing greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the atmosphere’s ability to burn up old space junk, MIT scientists report. | Continue reading
The findings provide new drug targets for stopping the infection’s spread. | Continue reading
New research could allow a person to correct a robot’s actions in real-time, using the kind of feedback they’d give another human. | Continue reading
MIT undergraduates broaden their perspectives and prospects through political science. | Continue reading
Felice Frankel discusses the implications of generative AI when communicating science visually. | Continue reading
The innovation enables nondestructive iron tracking within plant tissues, helping to optimize plant nutrient management, reduce fertilizer waste, and improve crop health. | Continue reading
Lincoln Laboratory and MIT researchers are creating new types of bioabsorbable fabrics that mimic the unique way soft tissues stretch while nurturing growing cells. | Continue reading
New results show with high statistical confidence that ozone recovery is going strong. | Continue reading
Philosopher Kevin Dorst’s work examines how we apply rational thought to everyday life. | Continue reading
Enhancing activity of a specific component of neurons’ “NMDA” receptors normalized protein synthesis, neural activity, and seizure susceptibility in the hippocampus of fragile X lab mice. | Continue reading
Zoe Fisher, a doctoral student in NSE, is researching how defects can alter the fundamental properties of ceramics upon radiation. | Continue reading
A first history of the document security technology, co-authored by MIT Libraries’ Jana Dambrogio, provides new tools for interdisciplinary research. | Continue reading
Graduate student and MathWorks Fellow Louis DeRidder is developing a device to make chemotherapy dosing more accurate for individual patients. | Continue reading
At an MIT-led event at AJAS/AAAS, researchers connect with MIT faculty, Nobel laureates, and industry leaders to share their work, gain mentorship, and explore future careers in science. | Continue reading
Materials scientist is honored for his academic leadership and innovative research that bridge engineering and nature. | Continue reading
New methods light up lipid membranes and let researchers see sets of proteins inside cells with high resolution. | Continue reading
Worldwide honors for 2025 span disciplines across three schools. | Continue reading
Spheric Bio’s implants are designed to grow in a channel of the heart to better fit the patient’s anatomy and prevent strokes. | Continue reading
The chief of clinical quality and patient safety at MIT Health says her job allows her to use her entire skill set. | Continue reading
Undergrads sweep Putnam Fellows for fifth year in a row and continue Elizabeth Lowell Putnam winning streak. | Continue reading
The mechanical engineering professor will lead MIT’s only program specifically focused on water and food for human need. | Continue reading
Agreement between MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and GlobalFoundries aims to deliver power efficiencies for data centers and ultra-low power consumption for intelligent devices at the edge. | Continue reading
Tests suggest these powerful magnets will not suffer immediate loss of performance during irradiation. | Continue reading
The programmable proteins are compact, modular, and can be directed to modify DNA in human cells. | Continue reading
Engineers developed a planning tool that can help independent entities decide when they should invest in joint projects. | Continue reading