Three from MIT named 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholars

Markey Freudenburg-Puricelli, Abigail Schipper ’24, and Rachel Zhang ’21 will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University in the U.K. | Continue reading


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Study: Even after learning the right idea, humans and animals still seem to test other approaches

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


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High-speed videos show what happens when a droplet splashes into a pool

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


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3 Questions: Exploring the limits of carbon sequestration

Assistant Professor César Terrer discusses pioneering volcano research to track carbon dynamics in tropical forests. | Continue reading


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AI system predicts protein fragments that can bind to or inhibit a target

FragFold, developed by MIT Biology researchers, is a computational method with potential for impact on biological research and therapeutic applications. | Continue reading


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MIT faculty, alumni named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows

Annual award honors early-career researchers for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments. | Continue reading


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Professor Anthony Sinskey, biologist, inventor, entrepreneur, and Center for Biomedical Innovation co-founder, dies at 84

Colleagues remember the longtime MIT professor as a supportive, energetic collaborator who seemed to know everyone at the Institute. | Continue reading


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MIT biologists discover a new type of control over RNA splicing

They identified proteins that influence splicing of about half of all human introns, allowing for more complex types of gene regulation. | Continue reading


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Chip-based system for terahertz waves could enable more efficient, sensitive electronics

Researchers developed a scalable, low-cost device that can generate high-power terahertz waves on a chip, without bulky silicon lenses. | Continue reading


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Rooftop panels, EV chargers, and smart thermostats could chip in to boost power grid resilience

MIT engineers propose a new “local electricity market” to tap into the power potential of homeowners’ grid-edge devices. | Continue reading


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Reducing carbon emissions from residential heating: A pathway forward

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


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J-WAFS: Supporting food and water research across MIT

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


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MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2025

Eight researchers, along with 13 additional alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education. | Continue reading


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Cynthia Barnhart to step down as provost

An alumna and longtime faculty member, Barnhart helped lead the Institute for the last decade, serving as both chancellor and provost. | Continue reading


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MIT Human Insight Collaborative launches SHASS Faculty Fellows program

The new initiative will allow selected faculty to focus on their research, build community, and pursue mentorship opportunities. | Continue reading


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MIT spinout maps the body’s metabolites to uncover the hidden drivers of disease

ReviveMed uses AI to gather large-scale data on metabolites — molecules like lipids, cholesterol, and sugar — to match patients with therapeutics. | Continue reading


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Like human brains, large language models reason about diverse data in a general way

A new study shows LLMs represent different data types based on their underlying meaning and reason about data in their dominant language. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 25 days ago

Unlocking the secrets of fusion’s core with AI-enhanced simulations

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


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Viewing the universe through ripples in space

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


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Engineers turn the body’s goo into new glue

They combined a blend of slimy and sticky proteins to produce a fast-acting, bacteria-blocking, waterproof adhesive for use in biomedical applications. | Continue reading


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Mixing beats, history, and technology

Students in a unique MIT course taught by research scientist, DJ, and game designer Philip Tan explore DJ’ing and tech culture with a hands-on approach. | Continue reading


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Body of knowledge

A new MIT class explores the pedagogical possibilities of dance. | Continue reading


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AI model deciphers the code in proteins that tells them where to go

Whitehead Institute and CSAIL researchers created a machine-learning model to predict and generate protein localization, with implications for understanding and remedying disease. | Continue reading


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Pivot Bio is using microbial nitrogen to make agriculture more sustainable

The nitrogen product developed by the company, which was co-founded by Professor Chris Voigt, is being used across millions of acres of American farmland. | Continue reading


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Study reveals the Phoenix galaxy cluster in the act of extreme cooling

Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope help to explain the cluster’s mysterious starburst, usually only seen in younger galaxies. | Continue reading


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Engineers enable a drone to determine its position in the dark and indoors

A new low-power system using radio frequency waves takes a major step toward autonomous, indoor drone navigation. | Continue reading


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Cultivators of research

Professors Maria Yang and Kenneth Oye are honored as “Committed to Caring” for their mentorship of graduate students. | Continue reading


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MIT engineers develop a fully 3D-printed electrospray engine

Ideal for propelling tiny satellites, the lightweight devices could be produced on board a spacecraft and cost much less than traditional thrusters. | Continue reading


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Gift from Sebastian Man ’79, SM ’80 supports MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing building

Alumnus is the first major donor to support the building since Stephen A. Schwarzman’s foundational gift. | Continue reading


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Bridging philosophy and AI to explore computing ethics

In a new MIT course co-taught by EECS and philosophy professors, students tackle moral dilemmas of the digital age. | Continue reading


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To keep hardware safe, cut out the code’s clues

New “Oreo” method from MIT CSAIL researchers removes footprints that reveal where code is stored before a hacker can see them. | Continue reading


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Mapping mRNA through its life cycle within a cell

Xiao Wang’s studies of how and where RNA is translated could lead to the development of better RNA therapeutics and vaccines. | Continue reading


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Creating smart buildings with privacy-first sensors

Butlr, founded by former Media Lab researchers, uses insights from thermal sensors to make buildings safe and efficient. | Continue reading


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Puzzling out climate change

Accenture Fellow Shreyaa Raghavan applies machine learning and optimization methods to explore ways to reduce transportation sector emissions. | Continue reading


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Can deep learning transform heart failure prevention?

A deep neural network called CHAIS may soon replace invasive procedures like catheterization as the new gold standard for monitoring heart health. | Continue reading


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Engineering joy

How the late Woodie Flowers helped create a new foundation for “the MIT way” of teaching. | Continue reading


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Creating a common language

New faculty member Kaiming He discusses AI’s role in lowering barriers between scientific fields and fostering collaboration across scientific disciplines. | Continue reading


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Cleaning up critical minerals and materials production, using microwave plasma

With technology developed at MIT, 6K is helping to bring critical materials production back to the U.S. without toxic byproducts. | Continue reading


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Validation technique could help scientists make more accurate forecasts

MIT researchers developed a new approach for assessing predictions with a spatial dimension, like forecasting weather or mapping air pollution. | Continue reading


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MIT method enables ultrafast protein labeling of tens of millions of densely packed cells

Tissue processing advance can label proteins at the level of individual cells across large samples just as fast and uniformly as in dissociated single cells. | Continue reading


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Streamlining data collection for improved salmon population management

Assistant Professor Sara Beery is using automation to improve monitoring of migrating salmon in the Pacific Northwest. | Continue reading


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Seeking climate connections among the oceans’ smallest organisms

MIT oceanographer and biogeochemist Andrew Babbin has voyaged around the globe to investigate marine microbes and their influence on ocean health. | Continue reading


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3 Questions: What the laws of physics tell us about CO2 removal

In a report on the feasibility of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, physicists say these technologies are “not a magic bullet, but also not a no-go.” | Continue reading


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David McGee named head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Specialist in paleoclimate and geochronology is known for contributions to education and community. | Continue reading


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Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in “magic-angle” graphene

By determing how readily electron pairs flow through this material, scientists have taken a big step toward understanding its remarkable properties. | Continue reading


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Study in India shows kids use different math skills at work vs. school

Students can excel at mental math in marketplace jobs but struggle with formal math in the classroom, and vice versa. | Continue reading


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Timeless virtues, new technologies

Engineer and historian David Mindell’s new book provides a roadmap for thinking about the future of industry. | Continue reading


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Driving innovation, from Silicon Valley to Detroit

Doug Field SM ’92, Ford’s chief of EVs and digital design, leads the legacy carmaker into the software-enabled, battery-propelled future. | Continue reading


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