AI system can generate novel proteins that meet structural design targets
These tunable proteins could be used to create new materials with specific mechanical properties, like toughness or flexibility.
Ellen Roche and Justin Solomon named Edgerton Award winners
The award recognizes exceptional distinction in teaching, research, and service at MIT.
Drones navigate unseen environments with liquid neural networks
MIT researchers exhibit a new advancement in autonomous drone navigation, using brain-inspired liquid neural networks that excel in out-of-distribution scenarios.
Yael Tauman Kalai PhD ’06 awarded 2022 ACM Prize in Computing
The MIT EECS adjunct associate professor and CSAIL member has been recognized for her outstanding contributions to cryptography.
Illuminating the money trail
MIT political scientist In Song Kim shines a bright light on the dark art of political lobbying.
“A family like no other”
Now in its sixth year, The Standard provides the tools, support, and camaraderie for undergraduate men of color to thrive at MIT — and beyond.
MIT CSAIL researchers discuss frontiers of generative AI
Experts convene to peek under the hood of AI-generated code, language, and images as well as its capabilities, limitations, and future impact.
An easier way to get bugs out of programming languages
Developed at MIT, D2X is a new tool that makes it easy to debug any domain-specific programming language.
Blanche Staton: A transformational leader at MIT
Set to retire this spring, Staton has made an indelible mark on graduate student living and learning over a quarter century at the Institute.
An interdisciplinary approach to fighting climate change through clean energy solutions
Principal Research Scientist Audun Botterud tackles a range of cross-cutting problems — from energy market interactions to designing batteries — to get closer to a decarbonized power grid.
Benoit Forget named head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Expert in computational reactor physics to succeed Professor Anne White as department head.
Jacob Andreas and Mingda Li honored with Junior Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching
Award is given each year by the School of Engineering to an outstanding educator up for promotion to associate professor without tenure.
Robotic hand can identify objects with just one grasp
The three-fingered robotic gripper can “feel” with great sensitivity along the full length of each finger – not just at the tips.
A four-legged robotic system for playing soccer on various terrains
“DribbleBot” can maneuver a soccer ball on landscapes such as sand, gravel, mud, and snow, using reinforcement learning to adapt to varying ball dynamics.
Speeding up drug discovery with diffusion generative models
MIT researchers built DiffDock, a model that may one day be able to find new drugs faster than traditional methods and reduce the potential for adverse side effects.