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MIT Future Founders Initiative announces prize competition to promote female entrepreneurs in biotech

Nine MIT researchers selected as finalists for 2021 prize supported by Northpond Ventures; grand prize winner to receive $250K toward commercializing her human health-related invention.

November 30, 2021

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The poetry of physics

Condensed-matter theory PhD candidate Makinde Ogunnaike is featured in the Poetry of Science project.

November 16, 2021

Artificial intelligence sheds light on how the brain processes language

Neuroscientists find the internal workings of next-word prediction models resemble those of language-processing centers in the brain.

October 25, 2021

Charlene Xia kneeling on a dock, facing the water and typing on a laptop.

Saving seaweed with machine learning

PhD candidate Charlene Xia is developing a low-cost system to monitor the microbiome of seaweed farms and identify diseases before they spread.

October 22, 2021

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At Mass STEM Week kickoff, MIT RAISE announces Day of AI

Artificial intelligence is top-of-mind as Governor Baker, President Reif encourage students to “see yourself in STEM.”

October 20, 2021

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Cynthia Breazeal named senior associate dean for open learning

Social robotics and artificial intelligence pioneer will oversee business units and help to guide innovative learning initiatives.

October 19, 2021

New fibers can make breath-regulating garments

“Robotic” textiles could help performers and athletes train their breathing, and potentially help patients recovering from postsurgery breathing changes.

October 15, 2021

Illustration of what looks like the inside of a cell, with folded and twisted blobs representing proteins within the cell and flower-like "spike" proteins protruding from the outside of the cell

Volta Labs: Improving workflows for genetic applications

Udayan Umapathi SM ’17 and Will Langford SM ’14, PhD ’19 are co-founders of a Media Lab spinoff building a full-stack platform to enable automation for genomics and genetic engineering.

October 14, 2021

A digital photo collage shows white delivery van driving on a road, and in the blurred background are icons showing a delivery route.

A dispatch and routing platform to improve deliveries

Wise Systems has grown from an MIT class project to a company helping multinationals improve last-mile logistics.

October 13, 2021

Blockchain technology could provide secure communications for robot teams

The transaction-based communications system ensures robot teams achieve their goal even if some robots are hacked.

October 5, 2021

A robot that finds lost items

This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items, even if they are buried under a pile.

October 5, 2021

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New bionics center established at MIT with $24 million gift

Interdisciplinary research center funded by philanthropist Lisa Yang aims to mitigate disability through technologies that marry human physiology with electromechanics.

September 23, 2021

Bringing precision to musculoskeletal health

Figur8, founded by MIT alumna Nan-Wei Gong SM ’09, PhD ’13, offers a wearable sensor system to improve the diagnosis and treatment of muscle injuries.

September 21, 2021

Engineers create 3D-printed objects that sense how a user is interacting with them

Advance incorporates sensing directly into an object’s material, with applications for assistive technology and “intelligent” furniture.

September 14, 2021

Image of a world map showing geographic features highlights sources of raw materials dots connected with lines with arrows in them

End-to-end supply chain transparency

Leonardo Bonanni MA ’03, SM ’05, PhD ’10 is founder and CEO of Sourcemap, an MIT Media Lab spinoff helping multinationals gain unprecedented insights into their supply chains.

September 13, 2021

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