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
Rhombohedral pentalayer graphene joins a family of materials with exotic properties that may have other “relatives.” | Continue reading
A collaboration between MIT professors of urban studies and planning and the Association of Ukrainian Cities aims to empower Ukraine’s municipal leaders to drive recovery after the war. | Continue reading
MIT researchers developed a fiber computer and networked several of them into a garment that learns to identify physical activities. | Continue reading
When scientists stimulated cells to produce a protein that helps “water bears” survive extreme environments, the tissue showed much less DNA damage after radiation treatment. | Continue reading
Stefani Spranger is working to discover why some cancers don’t respond to immunotherapy, in hopes of making them more vulnerable to it. | Continue reading
Data from the devices will help future astronauts navigate the moon’s south polar region and search for frozen water. | Continue reading
The MIT senior, who has been recognized for his teaching of mathematics and electrical engineering, credits much of his success to his experience in the Experimental Study Group. | Continue reading
Former NFL linebacker Spencer Paysinger keynotes the 51st annual MLK Celebration, with a message focused on building community. | Continue reading
MIT senior Markey Freudenburg-Puricelli and recent alumna Abigail ("Abbie") Schipper have been named 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholars. They will pursue fully funded graduate studies at Cambridge University in the U.K. | Continue reading
Markey Freudenburg-Puricelli, Abigail Schipper ’24, and Rachel Zhang ’21 will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University in the U.K. | Continue reading
New research adds evidence that learning a successful strategy for approaching a task doesn’t prevent further exploration, even if doing so reduces performance. | Continue reading
Findings may help predict how rain and irrigation systems launch particles and pathogens from watery surfaces, with implications for industry, agriculture, and public health. | Continue reading
Assistant Professor César Terrer discusses pioneering volcano research to track carbon dynamics in tropical forests. | Continue reading
FragFold, developed by MIT Biology researchers, is a computational method with potential for impact on biological research and therapeutic applications. | Continue reading
Annual award honors early-career researchers for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments. | Continue reading
Colleagues remember the longtime MIT professor as a supportive, energetic collaborator who seemed to know everyone at the Institute. | Continue reading
They identified proteins that influence splicing of about half of all human introns, allowing for more complex types of gene regulation. | Continue reading
Researchers developed a scalable, low-cost device that can generate high-power terahertz waves on a chip, without bulky silicon lenses. | Continue reading
MIT engineers propose a new “local electricity market” to tap into the power potential of homeowners’ grid-edge devices. | Continue reading
A new MIT study identifies steps that can lower not only emissions, but also costs, across the combined electric power and natural gas industries that now supply heating fuels. | Continue reading
For the past decade, the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab has strengthened MIT faculty efforts in water and food research and innovation. | Continue reading
Eight researchers, along with 13 additional alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education. | Continue reading
An alumna and longtime faculty member, Barnhart helped lead the Institute for the last decade, serving as both chancellor and provost. | Continue reading
The new initiative will allow selected faculty to focus on their research, build community, and pursue mentorship opportunities. | Continue reading
ReviveMed uses AI to gather large-scale data on metabolites — molecules like lipids, cholesterol, and sugar — to match patients with therapeutics. | Continue reading
A new study shows LLMs represent different data types based on their underlying meaning and reason about data in their dominant language. | Continue reading
Fusion’s future depends on decoding plasma’s mysteries. Simulations can help keep research on track and reveal more efficient ways to generate fusion energy. | Continue reading
Physicist Salvatore Vitale is looking for new sources of gravitational waves, to reach beyond what we can learn about the universe through light alone. | Continue reading