3 Questions: Honing robot perception and mapping
Luca Carlone and Jonathan How of MIT LIDS discuss how future robots might perceive and interact with their environment.
Magnetic robots walk, crawl, and swim
New soft-bodied robots that can be controlled by a simple magnetic field are well suited to work in confined spaces.
Building connections
PhD student Will Sussman studies wireless networks while fostering community networks.
Learning the language of molecules to predict their properties
This AI system only needs a small amount of data to predict molecular properties, which could speed up drug discovery and material development.
MIT scientists build a system that can generate AI models for biology research
BioAutoMATED, an open-source, automated machine-learning platform, aims to help democratize artificial intelligence for research labs.
Andrea Lo ’21 draws on ecological lessons for life, work, and education
With a minor in literature and environmental sustainability, the biology alumna considers perspectives from Charles Darwin to Annie Dillard.
Researchers grow precise arrays of nanoLEDs
A new technique produces perovskite nanocrystals right where they’re needed, so the exceedingly delicate materials can be integrated into nanoscale devices.
The chore of packing just got faster and easier
A new computational method facilitates the dense placement of objects inside a rigid container.
Professor Emeritus Dick Thornton, maglev innovator and electronics entrepreneur, dies at 93
A longtime beloved MIT faculty member, Thornton was an adventurer who advocated exploration in all aspects of life.
Vaccine delivers a boost to T cell therapy
The new strategy may enable engineered T cells to eradicate solid tumors such as glioblastoma.
When computer vision works more like a brain, it sees more like people do
Training artificial neural networks with data from real brains can make computer vision more robust.
Educating national security leaders on artificial intelligence
Experts from MIT’s School of Engineering, Schwarzman College of Computing, and Sloan Executive Education educate national security leaders in AI fundamentals.
Researchers teach an AI to write better chart captions
A new dataset can help scientists develop automatic systems that generate richer, more descriptive captions for online charts.
Transatlantic connections make the difference for MIT Portugal
The international partnership focuses on climate and sustainability.
Summer 2023 recommended reading from MIT
Enjoy these recent titles from Institute faculty and staff.