Harnessing synthetic biology to make sustainable alternatives to petroleum products
Visolis, founded by Deepak Dugar SM ’11, MBA ’13, PhD ’13, is working to decarbonize the production of everything from rubber to jet fuel.
A faster way to teach a robot
A new technique helps a nontechnical user understand why a robot failed, and then fine-tune it with minimal effort to perform a task effectively.
Armando Solar-Lezama named inaugural Distinguished Professor of Computing
EECS professor appointed to new professorship in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.
Coloring outside the lines
Mathias Kolle’s color-changing materials take inspiration from butterflies and mollusks.
AI helps household robots cut planning time in half
PIGINet leverages machine learning to streamline and enhance household robots' task and motion planning, by assessing and filtering feasible solutions in complex environments.
Angela Koehler appointed faculty director of the Deshpande Center
A biotech entrepreneur, Koehler will help faculty and students launch startups and bring new products to market through the MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation.
A new way to look at data privacy
Researchers create a privacy technique that protects sensitive data while maintaining a machine-learning model’s performance.
MIT researchers to lead a new center for continuous mRNA manufacturing
A pilot-scale system, enabled by an $82 million award from the FDA, aims to accelerate the development and production of mRNA technologies.
Generative AI imagines new protein structures
“FrameDiff” is a computational tool that uses generative AI to craft new protein structures, with the aim of accelerating drug development and improving gene therapy.
Astro Portraits: Pointing the lens toward our future
Evan Kramer’s latest foray into urban astrophotography puts the focus on his fellow researchers.
Thirty-four community members receive 2023 MIT Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service
Prestigious awards recognize community support of MIT’s goals, values, and mission.
Tiera Fletcher ’17: Finding the purpose that propels us
The aerospace engineer, mentor, and author talks motivation and representation with MIT Libraries staff.
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.