Robots shoot for the moon in MIT’s annual 2.007 competition
Robotic sweepers, flappers, and telescoping arms face off for a shot at coveted engineering prize.
Ashwin Sah, Megan Yamoah, and Steven Truong named 2019-20 Goldwater Scholars
Three MIT undergraduates honored for their academic achievements.
Building a community for statistics and data science at MIT and beyond
Third annual MIT Statistics and Data Science conference gathers a growing interdisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners.
How to tell whether machine-learning systems are robust enough for the real world
New method quickly detects instances when neural networks make mistakes they shouldn’t.
Ambient plant illumination could light the way for greener buildings
Collaboration between MIT architect and chemical engineer could be at the center of new sustainable infrastructure for buildings.
Painting a fuller picture of how antibiotics act
Machine learning reveals metabolic pathways disrupted by the drugs, offering new targets to combat resistance.
Professor Emeritus David Gordon Wilson, expert in human-powered transport and gas turbines, dies at 91
A prolific inventor and jet-engine designer, Wilson was passionate about recumbent bicycles and was an early advocate for a carbon fee.
Wireless movement-tracking system could collect health and behavioral data
In some cases, radio frequency signals may be more useful for caregivers than cameras or other data-collection methods.
2019 Summer Scholars look forward to MRL lab experience
Research Experience for Undergraduates program participants bring diverse interests in sustainable energy, polymers, and physics.
Tissue chip headed to International Space Station for osteoarthritis study
Successfully launched project aims to understand why some injuries result in post-traumatic osteoarthritis while others heal and recover.
Using AI to predict breast cancer and personalize care
MIT/MGH's image-based deep learning model can predict breast cancer up to five years in advance.
3Q: Susan Hockfield on a new age of living machines
Convergence research at MIT and beyond seeks new solutions for global challenges.
Smarter training of neural networks
MIT CSAIL project shows the neural nets we typically train contain smaller “subnetworks” that can learn just as well, and often faster.
Exploring the effects of moisture and drying on cement
Study investigates capillary-induced deformations in cement’s porous structure.
Merging cell datasets, panorama style
Algorithm stitches multiple datasets into a single “panorama,” which could provide new insights for medical and biological studies.