How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies
Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help.
Exploring the human side of health care
Senior and “people person” Adedoyin Olateru-Olagbegi brings a human touch to caring for people dealing with medical crises.
“From Controversy to Cure” documentary chronicles the biotech boom in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Film looks at how Kendall Square became a beacon for industries working on treatments for diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes.
Taking a moonshot at a rare childhood cancer
Team of researchers including MIT Professor Angela Koehler obtains $5.8 million grant to study fusion-positive alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.
Bot can beat humans in multiplayer hidden-role games
Using deductive reasoning, the bot identifies friend or foe to ensure victory over humans in certain online games.
Students push to speed up artificial intelligence adoption in Latin America
To help the region catch up, students organize summit to bring Latin policymakers and researchers to MIT.
Lamborghini and MIT pave the way for the electric supercar of the future
MIT-Italy helps build supercharged partnerships on campus and across the globe.
Technique identifies T cells primed for certain allergies or infections
Researchers develop a method to isolate and sequence the RNA of T cells that react to a specific target.
MIT Energy Initiative report charts pathways for sustainable personal transportation
Technological innovations, policies, and behavioral changes will all be needed to reach Paris climate agreement targets.
Expanding education: From Africa to Cambridge and back again
Mgcini "Keith" Phuthi ’19, a native Zimbabwean, uses his experiences at MIT to develop improvements in education policy in Sierra Leone through MISTI-Africa.
Predicting people's driving personalities
System from MIT CSAIL sizes up drivers as selfish or selfless. Could this help self-driving cars navigate in traffic?
Microbial cooperation at the micron scale impacts biodegradation
MIT researchers demonstrate how often-ignored microbial interactions have a significant impact on the biodegradation of complex materials.
Improbability Walk at MIT.nano honors Mildred Dresselhaus
Courtyard space celebrates beloved professor’s research and mentorship.
MIT senior wins 2020 Rhodes Scholarship for Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine region
The Rhodes Scholarship offers opportunities for Arab students.
Advancing nuclear detection and inspection
Assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering Areg Danagoulian probes deep inside cargo containers and ballistic warheads to ferret out fissile materials.