Rapid development and deployment of powerful generative AI models comes with environmental consequences, including increased electricity demand and water consumption. | Continue reading
Eighth consecutive top spot reflects global excellence in education and research. | Continue reading
The startup NALA, which began as an MIT class project, directly matches art buyers with artists. | Continue reading
Professor who develops technologies to push the envelope of what is possible with photonics and electronic devices succeeds Joel Voldman. | Continue reading
MIT junior Shreya Mogulothu says taking an MITx class as a high school student opened her eyes to new possibilities. | Continue reading
MIT professors Iain Stewart and Roberto Fernandez are “Committed to Caring” | Continue reading
Presented by the American Philosophical Association, the award recognizes the professor’s lifelong contributions to philosophy. | Continue reading
Yutao Gong, Brandon Man, and Andrii Zahorodnii will spend 2025-26 at Tsinghua University in China studying global affairs. | Continue reading
With a new design, the bug-sized bot was able to fly 100 times longer than prior versions. | Continue reading
A new computational model explains how neurons linked to spatial navigation can also help store episodic memories. | Continue reading
The advance holds the promise to reduce error-correction resource overhead. | Continue reading
The Student Ambassadors program offers MIT undergraduates from across language areas opportunities to share their voices, passion, and commitment with the community. | Continue reading
With their recently-developed neural network architecture, MIT researchers can wring more information out of electronic structure calculations. | Continue reading
Machine-learning models let neuroscientists study the impact of auditory processing on real-world hearing. | Continue reading
The work opens new avenues for understanding and manipulating electrons in materials. | Continue reading
As the use of generative AI continues to grow, Lincoln Laboratory's Vijay Gadepally describes what researchers and consumers can do to help mitigate its environmental impact. | Continue reading
Their source could be the core of a dead star that’s teetering at the black hole’s edge, MIT astronomers report. | Continue reading
An experiment in Amsterdam suggests providing better information to people can help move them out of “energy poverty.” | Continue reading
By developing new materials for separating a mixture’s components, Zachary Smith hopes to reduce costs and environmental impact across many U.S. industries. | Continue reading
Place cells are known to encode individual locations, but research finds stitching together a “cognitive map” of a whole environment requires a broader ensemble of cells, aided by sleep, over several days. | Continue reading
Professor Evan Lieberman describes new research in which he and colleagues find a sharp partisan divide over providing aid to poor nations. | Continue reading
MAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer writes algorithms that optimize overall function, minimize carbon footprint, and produce a manufacturable design. | Continue reading
New book from MIT AgeLab researchers applies the concept of innovation clusters to global population aging. | Continue reading
A professor of genetics, toxicology, and biological engineering, Thilly pushed himself and his students to develop solutions to real-world problems. | Continue reading
Inspired by the mechanics of the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education. | Continue reading
AeroAstro PhD student Sydney Dolan uses an interdisciplinary approach to develop collision-avoidance algorithms for satellites. | Continue reading
The Thermochromorph printmaking technique developed by CSAIL researchers allows images to transition into each other through changes in temperature. | Continue reading
The engineer and aspiring astronaut developed an outreach program at Lincoln Laboratory to help bring hands-on STEM activities to all. | Continue reading
Political scientist Ariel White studies people on the margins of U.S. politics to see if they might participate more fully in our system of government. | Continue reading
Undergraduate class blends science, hands-on experimentation, and a love for coffee to fuel curiosity. | Continue reading
McGovern Institute neuroscientists use children’s interests to probe language in the brain. | Continue reading
At the MITEI Fall Colloquium, the administrator of the US Energy Information Administration explained why long-term energy models are not forecasting tools — and why they’re still vitally important. | Continue reading
Using the island as a model, researchers demonstrate the “DyMonDS” framework can improve resiliency to extreme weather and ease the integration of new resources. | Continue reading
MIT engineers designed a nanofiltration process that could make aluminum production more efficient while reducing hazardous waste. | Continue reading
Longtime MIT faculty member, award-winning author, and HASTS program co-founder was an expert in the influence of social context on science, and the organization of science in Russia and the Soviet Union. | Continue reading
A former faculty member, the accomplished scholar and energetic leader returns to the Institute with a broad vision and deep experience. | Continue reading
MIT physicists develop a predictive formula, based on bacterial communities, that may also apply to other types of ecosystems, including the human GI tract. | Continue reading
Four professors and an additional alumnus honored with nation’s highest awards for scientists and engineers; Moderna, with deep MIT roots, also recognized. | Continue reading
New findings illuminate how Prochlorococcus’ nightly “cross-feeding” plays a role in regulating the ocean’s capacity to cycle and store carbon. | Continue reading
In her 2024 Dresselhaus Lecture, the Cambridge University professor of chemistry describes her work making batteries more reliable and sustainable. | Continue reading
A celebration of scientific acumen and teamwork brings together top students from across the country. | Continue reading
Using this model, researchers may be able to identify antibody drugs that can target a variety of infectious diseases. | Continue reading
MIT Health mourns the loss of a beloved applications support generalist within the Health Technology Services team. | Continue reading
Associate Professor Matteo Bucci’s research sheds new light on an ancient process, to improve the efficiency of heat transfer in many industrial systems. | Continue reading
The fleeting cosmic firework likely emerged from the turbulent magnetosphere around a far-off neutron star. | Continue reading
Stories on tamper-proof ID tags, sound-suppressing silk, and generative AI’s understanding of the world were some of the most popular topics on MIT News. | Continue reading
Top stories highlighted the Climate Project at MIT and two new Institute collaborative projects; free tuition for most new undergraduates; Nobels and other major awards; a solar eclipse over campus; and more. | Continue reading
MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges. | Continue reading