MIT’s K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics and Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation aim to develop an integrative approach to strengthening and expanding the orthotic and prosthetic sector within the African nation.
Six distinguished scientists with ties to MIT were recognized for significant contributions to computing systems.
MIT students studying advanced product design explored sustainable chair manufacturing and showed their work in a community exhibition space in Venice, California.
Study: Even chess experts perform worse when air quality is lower, suggesting a negative effect on cognition.
Fadel Adib uses wireless technologies to sense the world in new ways, taking aim at sweeping problems such as food insecurity, climate change, and access to health care.
Spun out of a Media Lab project, the startup offers materials that help children explore computer science concepts through hands-on learning.
A pandemic-fueled transformation of the MIT course MAS.S64 (How to Grow (Almost) Anything) leads to next steps in democratizing synthetic biology.
Miho Mazereeuw, an architect of built and natural environments, looks for new ways to get people ready for natural disasters.
New research quantifies how much very hot temperatures restrict outdoor activity in China.
MIT researchers developed and studied a customized AI training program for users with varied backgrounds, which could be delivered across large organizations.
Nasser Rabbat’s new book explores the life and legacy of al-Maqrizi, Egypt’s most influential historian.
Top Institute stories dealt with a presidential transition; Climate Grand Challenges; an action plan for belonging, achievement, and composition; the MIT Morningside Academy for Design; “Wakanda Forever” at MIT; and more.
Popular stories this year covered the detection of radio signals from space, a new battery design, immigrants’ entrepreneurial activity, and more.
This year's fellows will work across research areas including telemonitoring, human-computer interactions, operations research, AI-mediated socialization, and chemical transformations.
Inaugural WORLDING workshops matched world-class climate story teams with relevant labs and researchers across MIT.