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  • Rahsaan Hall, director of racial justice at the Massachusetts ACLU, delivered the keynote address at the annual MIT Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon.

    MLK Luncheon: America’s bank of justice is overdrawn but not bankrupt

    Rahsaan Hall of the ACLU’s Massachusetts branch delivers keynote at annual MIT event.

    February 15, 2019
  • MIT researchers have developed a chip that leverages sub-terahertz wavelengths for object recognition, which could be combined with light-based image sensors to help steer driverless cars through fog.

    Giving keener “electric eyesight” to autonomous vehicles

    On-chip system that detects signals at sub-terahertz wavelengths could help steer driverless cars through fog and dust.

    February 14, 2019
  • Seaside desalination plants like this typically discharge large volumes of concentrated brine back into the sea. MIT researchers have shown that instead, much of this waste could be turned into useful chemicals.

    Turning desalination waste into a useful resource

    Process developed at MIT could turn concentrated brine into useful chemicals, making desalination more efficient.

    February 13, 2019
  • Alto Pharmacy offers free, same-day medication delivery to customers.

    Redesigning pharmacies with the consumer in mind

    Alto Pharmacy uses software and an innovative operations model to improve access to medication.

    February 13, 2019
  • Professor Zhiwei Yun has struck up fruitful collaborations with others in the math department, all of whom share a common quality: “We are all driven by curiosity, and the beauty of the subject itself,” he says.

    Mathematician finds balance and beauty in math

    Zhiwei Yun seeks to connect seemingly disparate fields in mathematics.

    February 13, 2019Featured
  • At left, photoreceptor cells of the retina have undergone severe damage after treatment with an alkylating agent. This damage is exacerbated by the DNA repair enzyme Aag. At right, photoreceptor cells lacking Aag appear normal following treatment with the alkylating agent.

    Why too much DNA repair can injure tissue

    Overactive repair system promotes cell death following DNA damage by certain toxins, study shows.

    February 12, 2019
  • Kirk Kolenbrander

    Kirk Kolenbrander to leave MIT after 29 years of service

    Longtime MIT vice president will lead development of engineering programs at Southern New Hampshire University.

    February 11, 2019
  • Introducing a small amount of strain into crystalline materials, such as diamond or silicon, can produce significant changes in their properties, researchers have found. The mechanical strain is represented here as a deformation in the diamond's shape.

    Using artificial intelligence to engineer materials’ properties

    New system of “strain engineering” can change a material’s optical, electrical, and thermal properties.

    February 11, 2019
  • MIT researchers have come up with a way to use acoustic waves to noninvasively measure the stiffness of living cells.

    Acoustic waves can monitor stiffness of living cells

    Technique sheds light on cells’ health and development; may be useful for precision medicine.

    February 11, 2019Featured
  • Judith Barry's installation "Study for the Mirror and Garden" uses video and special effects, along with architectural mirroring, to evoke the secret gardens, hidden meanings, and picaresque narratives of the “converso” tradition in Spanish literature and culture — which allowed banished cultures to survive by hiding in plain sight.

    Creating new spaces for art

    Professor Judith Barry’s attention-grabbing installations create thought-provoking experiences for viewers.

    February 11, 2019
  • MIT President L. Rafael Reif

    President Reif calls for federal funding, focused education to address “opportunity and threat” of AI

    In Financial Times op-ed, MIT president says higher education must teach students to be “AI bilingual.”

    February 11, 2019
  • Letter regarding the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing working groups and Idea Bank

    February 8, 2019
  • An exoskeleton-consuming gene found in bacteria sheds light on the first arthropods to walk the Earth.

    New technique pinpoints milestones in the evolution of bacteria

    Results show bacterial genomes provide “shadow history” of animal evolution.

    February 7, 2019
  • Solar cells made of perovskite have great promise, in part because they can easily be made on flexible substrates, like this experimental cell.

    Unleashing perovskites’ potential for solar cells

    New results show how varying the recipe could bring these materials closer to commercialization.

    February 7, 2019
  • An MIT-led research team has developed a drug capsule that could be used to deliver oral doses of insulin.

    New pill can deliver insulin

    Capsule that releases insulin in the stomach could replace injections for patients with type 1 diabetes.

    February 7, 2019Featured
  • MIT researchers found that when they halted cell division in human fibroblast cells, they became abnormally large and then entered a non-dividing state known as senescence (right panel). Untreated, normal-sized fibroblasts are shown at left.

    Biologists answer fundamental question about cell size

    The need to produce just the right amount of protein is behind the striking uniformity of sizes.

    February 7, 2019
  • Héctor Vázquez Martínez

    Jumping into new experiences

    For senior Héctor Javier Vázquez Martínez, studying and teaching abroad has brought new friendships, new research interests, and a new outlook.

    February 7, 2019Featured
  • Letter to the MIT community regarding engagement with Saudi Arabia

    February 6, 2019
  • Attendees of the Entrepreneurship Development Program work together on a company-building project in addition to other hands-on learning activities throughout the week.

    Teaching the entrepreneurial craft at startup speed

    MIT’s Entrepreneurship Development Program takes attendees through every step of the company-building process.

    February 6, 2019
  • Peering under the hood of fake-news detectors

    Study uncovers language patterns that AI models link to factual and false articles; underscores need for further testing.

    February 6, 2019Featured
  • A view of the new U.S. DOT Volpe building as seen from Binney Street looking west.

    First step on Volpe parcel planned for 2019

    Building and landscape designs for new federal building are now complete.

    February 5, 2019
  • MIT biological engineers have developed a way to rapidly measure cell survival rates by growing many cell colonies and imaging their fluorescently labeled DNA.

    A better way to measure cell survival

    New test rapidly evaluates the effect of drugs and potentially toxic compounds on cells.

    February 5, 2019Featured
  • This illustration depicts the main elements of the system the team used: The multicolored slab at center is the metal layer being studied, the pale blue region at left is the electrolyte solution used as a source of hydrogen, the small blue dots are the hydrogen atoms, and the green laser beams at right are probing the process. The large cylinder at right is a probe used to indent the metal to test its mechanical properties.

    Observing hydrogen’s effects in metal

    Microscopy technique could help researchers design safer reactor vessels or hydrogen storage tanks.

    February 4, 2019
  • A new MIT study finds that over the coming decades climate change will affect the ocean’s color, intensifying its blue regions and its green ones.

    Study: Much of the surface ocean will shift in color by end of 21st century

    Climate-driven changes in phytoplankton communities will intensify the blue and green regions of the world’s oceans.

    February 4, 2019Featured
  • Researchers from MIT and the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) are putting the machine-learning systems known as neural networks under the microscope.

    Putting neural networks under the microscope

    Researchers pinpoint the “neurons” in machine-learning systems that capture specific linguistic features during language-processing tasks.

    February 1, 2019
  • Adam Martin

    Biologist Adam Martin studies the mechanics of tissue folding

    The dynamic process is critical to embryonic development and other cellular phenomena.

    January 31, 2019Featured
  • MIT researchers have developed a new technique using quantum reference beacons for superresolution optical focusing in complex media.

    Technique could boost resolution of tissue imaging as much as tenfold

    Approach developed by MIT engineers surmounts longstanding problem of light scattering within biological tissue and other complex materials.

    January 31, 2019
  • Letter regarding the departure of Vice President for Communications Nate Nickerson

    January 31, 2019
  • MIT researchers found that lung tumors in mice treated with antibiotics (right, purple stain) were much smaller than untreated lung tumors (left).

    Bacteria promote lung tumor development, study suggests

    Antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs may help combat lung cancer.

    January 31, 2019
  • The Jenga-playing robot demonstrates something that’s been tricky to attain in previous systems: the ability to quickly learn the best way to carry out a task, not just from visual cues, as it is commonly studied today, but also from tactile, physical interactions.

    MIT robot combines vision and touch to learn the game of Jenga

    Machine-learning approach could help robots assemble cellphones and other small parts in a manufacturing line.

    January 30, 2019Featured
  • The ingestible hydrogel device as a small pill can swell to a large soft sphere, and deswell to a floppy membrane.

    Ingestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month

    Soft, squishy device could potentially track ulcers, cancers, and other GI conditions over the long term.

    January 30, 2019
  • As drones increasingly take on the job of inspecting growing solar farms, Raptor Maps' software makes sense of the data they collect.

    Optimizing solar farms with smart drones

    MIT spinoff Raptor Maps uses machine-learning software to improve the maintenance of solar panels.

    January 30, 2019

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