A new drug candidate can shrink kidney cysts
A compound originally developed to treat cancer could be repurposed to treat polycystic kidney disease, an inherited condition that can lead to kidney failure.
Baran Mensah: Savoring college life in a new country
From robotics to dance, the MIT senior has made it his mission to explore as many new experiences as possible at the Institute.
Researchers improve blood tests’ ability to detect and monitor cancer
The advance makes it easier to detect circulating tumor DNA in blood samples, which could enable earlier cancer diagnosis and help guide treatment.
New hope for early pancreatic cancer intervention via AI-based risk prediction
MIT CSAIL researchers develop advanced machine-learning models that outperform current methods in detecting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Reasoning and reliability in AI
PhD students interning with the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab look to improve natural language usage.
Self-powered sensor automatically harvests magnetic energy
A system designed at MIT could allow sensors to operate in remote settings, without batteries.
Stratospheric safety standards: How aviation could steer regulation of AI in health
An interdisciplinary team of researchers thinks health AI could benefit from some of the aviation industry’s long history of hard-won lessons that have created one of the safest activities today.
The art of being FLI
The MIT First Generation/Low Income Program provides undergraduates with community, resources, and support as they navigate MIT.
K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research Center will prioritize innovations for resource-constrained communities
Collaborative hub founded by philanthropist Lisa Yang will catalyze academic innovation and result in real-world, global impact.
Soaring high, in the Army and the lab
After three deployments in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Jill Rahon is pursuing research that will help verify conformation to nuclear treaties.
3 Questions: Implementing the MIT Graduate Student Union’s collective bargaining agreement
Ian Waitz describes the three-year contract that will change and enhance MIT’s graduate student policies and procedures.
Diving into nuclear submarines
MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering creates a course for the Australian Submarine Agency.
Turning history of science into a comic adventure
Associate Professor Lydia Bourouiba and artist Argha Manna take readers through a series of discoveries in infectious disease.
Researchers release open-source space debris model
The MIT Orbital Capacity Assessment Tool lets users model the long-term future space environment.
Richard Wiesman, professor of the practice in mechanical engineering, dies at age 69
A highly respected educator and mentor with a distinguished industry career, Wiesman inspired generations of mechanical engineering students.