Third annual MIT Research Slam showcase highlights PhD and postdoc communication skills
The 2023 competition featured three-minute talks on cutting-edge research from across MIT in an engaging, live competition.
Researchers develop novel AI-based estimator for manufacturing medicine
A collaborative research team from the MIT-Takeda Program combined physics and machine learning to characterize rough particle surfaces in pharmaceutical pills and powders.
Open-source platform simulates wildlife for soft robotics designers
SoftZoo is a soft robot co-design platform that can test optimal shapes and sizes for robotic performance in different environments.
MIT faculty tackle big ideas in a symposium kicking off Inauguration Day
Ahead of the Institute’s presidential inauguration, panelists describe advances in their research and how these discoveries are being deployed to benefit the public.
“Join us in something important and new”
In her inaugural address, President Sally Kornbluth urges the MIT community to tackle pressing challenges, especially climate change, with renewed urgency.
The measuring tape heard round the world
Professor Emerita Nancy Hopkins and journalist Kate Zernike discuss the past, present, and future of women at MIT and beyond.
School of Engineering first quarter 2023 awards
Faculty and researchers across MIT’s School of Engineering receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence.
With music and merriment, MIT celebrates the inauguration of Sally Kornbluth
Thousands packed Killian and Hockfield courts to enjoy student performances, amusement park rides, and food ahead of Inauguration Day.
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea visits MIT
A campus summit with the leader and his delegation centered around dialogue on biotechnology and innovation ecosystems.
Deep-learning system explores materials’ interiors from the outside
A new method could provide detailed information about internal structures, voids, and cracks, based solely on data about exterior conditions.
Asegun Henry wins National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award
Mechanical engineering professor receives the NSF’s highest honor for an outstanding early-career scientist or engineer.
MIT engineers “grow” atomically thin transistors on top of computer chips
A new low-temperature growth and fabrication technology allows the integration of 2D materials directly onto a silicon circuit, which could lead to denser and more powerful chips.
Robert Armstrong: A lifetime at the forefront of chemical engineering research and education
The longtime professor and current MIT Energy Initiative director is set to retire after 50 years on the MIT faculty.
Speedy robo-gripper reflexively organizes cluttered spaces
Rather than start from scratch after a failed attempt, the pick-and-place robot adapts in the moment to get a better hold.
Off-menu materials science
Rob Macfarlane synthesizes new composite materials by manipulating their structure at the nanometer scale.