Two from MIT awarded 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.
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New flight procedures to reduce noise from aircraft departing and arriving at Boston Logan Airport
The results of a six-year collaboration between MIT researchers, the FAA, and Massport will reduce aircraft noise in local communities while maintaining or improving fuel efficiency.
A home where world-changing innovations take flight
The Engine Accelerator offers “tough tech” startups space, support, and a network to help them scale up.
“Nanostitches” enable lighter and tougher composite materials
In research that may lead to next-generation airplanes and spacecraft, MIT engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites.
For Julie Greenberg, a career of research, mentoring, and advocacy
The longtime academic leader of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology reflects on her time spent guiding students at the intersection of medicine and engineering.
Is it the school, or the students?
Study shows perceptions of “good” schools are heavily dependent on the preparation of the students entering them.
2024 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Professors Berggren, Campbell, Pollock, and Vaikuntanathan are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.
Scientists develop a rapid gene-editing screen to find effects of cancer mutations
With the new technique, MIT researchers hope to identify mutations that could be targeted with new cancer therapies.
How sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid in Alzheimer’s mice
Study finds stimulating a key brain rhythm with light and sound increases peptide release from interneurons, driving clearance of an Alzheimer’s protein.
Using generative AI to improve software testing
MIT spinout DataCebo helps companies bolster their datasets by creating synthetic data that mimic the real thing.
Power when the sun doesn’t shine
With batteries based on iron and air, Form Energy leverages MIT research to incorporate renewables into the grid.
Putting AI into the hands of people with problems to solve
Alumni-founded Pienso has developed a user-friendly AI builder so domain experts can build solutions without writing any code.
Hitchhiking cancer vaccine makes progress in the clinic
MIT spinout Elicio developed a vaccine based on a lymph node-targeting approach first developed at the Koch Institute. Phase 1 solid tumor clinical trial results are promising so far.
Anantha Chandrakasan named MIT’s inaugural chief innovation and strategy officer
While continuing to serve as dean of engineering, Chandrakasan will play a pivotal role in advancing President Kornbluth’s priorities.
Creating new skills and new connections with MIT’s Quantitative Methods Workshop
More than 80 students and faculty from a dozen collaborating institutions became immersed at the intersection of computation and life sciences and forged new ties to MIT and each other.