New facilities will keep Lincoln Laboratory at the forefront of advanced prototyping Facility modernization plan includes a new compound semiconductor laboratory and microsystem integration facility that will enable modern innovation. April 3, 2019 Read full story →
Squire Booker PhD ’94 to speak at 2019 Investiture of Doctoral Hoods and Degree Conferral Ceremony MIT alumnus, now a professor of chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology at Penn State University, is an expert on enzyme reactions. April 3, 2019 Read full story →
Dark matter experiment finds no evidence of axions In its first run, ABRACADABRA detects no signal of the hypothetical dark matter particle within a specific mass range. March 29, 2019 Read full story →
Biologists find a way to boost intestinal stem cell populations Study suggests that stimulating stem cells may protect the gastrointestinal tract from age-related disease. March 28, 2019 Read full story →
Facebook is free, but should it count toward GDP anyway? Study measures how much free online goods are worth to consumers. March 26, 2019 Read full story →
Alana gift to MIT launches Down syndrome research center, technology program for disabilities Foundation’s $28.6 million gift will fund science, innovation, and education to advance understanding, ability, and inclusion. March 20, 2019 Read full story →
Using machine learning for medical solutions Master’s student and Marshall Scholar Kyle Swanson uses computer science to help make drug development more efficient. March 19, 2019 Read full story →
After the Cold War, an uncertain peace In MIT talk, Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, explores tensions between the two countries. March 18, 2019 Read full story →
Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth’s ice ages, study finds Major tectonic collisions near the equator have caused three ice ages in the last 540 million years. March 14, 2019 Read full story →
Brain wave stimulation may improve Alzheimer’s symptoms Noninvasive treatment improves memory and reduces amyloid plaques in mice. March 14, 2019 Read full story →
Streamlining restaurant operations Alumni-founded Toast provides technologies that help get an order from a customer to the kitchen and back again. March 10, 2019 Read full story →
Combining artificial intelligence with their passions Research projects show creative ways MIT students are connecting computing to other fields. March 7, 2019 Read full story →
Israeli and Palestinian architects and planners seek common ground on innovation, entrepreneurship Visiting fellows engage with students in the School of Architecture and Planning to create startups aimed at social impact. March 7, 2019 Read full story →
Learning to study a painful past Lerna Ekmekçioğlu studies pioneering Armenian women of the 19th and 20th centuries — and helps other scholars enter her field. March 7, 2019 Read full story →
Q&A: Meet the former all-star pitcher turned MIT student Chris Capuano, an analytics-friendly Major-Leaguer, pursues his MBA in the Sloan Fellows Program. March 5, 2019 Read full story →