A quick stretch switches this polymer’s capacity to transport heat The flexible material could enable on-demand heat dissipation for electronics, fabrics, and buildings. Read full story →
Study: Platforms that rank the latest LLMs can be unreliable Removing just a tiny fraction of the crowdsourced data that informs online ranking platforms can significantly change the results. Read full story →
How MIT’s 10th president shaped the Cold War For several decades beginning in the 1950s, the Killian Report set the frontiers of military technology, intelligence gathering, national security policy, and global affairs. Read full story →
“This is science!” – MIT president talks about the importance of America’s research enterprise on GBH’s Boston Public Radio MIT faculty join The Curiosity Desk to discuss football, math, Olympic figure skating, AI and the quest to cure ovarian cancer. Read full story →
I’m walking here! A new model maps foot traffic in New York City The first complete charting of foot traffic in any US city can be used for infrastructure decisions and safety improvements. Read full story →
Some early life forms may have breathed oxygen well before it filled the atmosphere A new study suggests aerobic respiration began hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought. Read full story →
