MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Inventors for 2025
Professors Ahmad Bahai and Kripa Varanasi, plus seven additional MIT alumni, are honored for highly impactful inventions.
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School of Science welcomed new faculty in 2024
Eleven new professors join the departments of Biology; Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; and Physics.
Lisa Su ’90, SM ’91, PhD ’94 to deliver MIT’s 2026 Commencement address
An electrical engineer by training, Su is the chair and CEO of the semiconductor company AMD.
MIT NEET students install solar-powered charging station on campus, resurrecting an MIT tradition
The project was designed and built with novel “bio-composite” materials developed by the student team.
Helping power-system planners prepare for an unknown future
Macro, a modeling tool developed by the MIT Energy Initiative, enables energy-system planners to explore options for developing infrastructure to support decarbonized, reliable, and low-cost power grids.
Study reveals the role of geography in the opioid crisis
The findings point to state policies involving the presence of “pill mills” as influences on addiction over time.
Study: Identifying kids who need help learning to read isn’t as easy as A, B, C
While most states mandate screenings to guide early interventions for children struggling with reading, many teachers feel underprepared to administer and interpret them.
New method could improve manufacturing of gene-therapy drugs
Selective crystallization can greatly improve the purity, selectivity, and active yield of viral vector-based gene therapy drugs, MIT study finds.
MIT students thrive in internships in the Arab World
The MISTI Arab World program offers MIT students invaluable work and life experiences in a dynamic region.
Professor Ioannis Yannas, pioneer of regenerative medicine who invented artificial skin for the treatment of severe burns, dies at 90
A beloved member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering for nearly 60 years, Yannas helped save the lives of thousands of burn victims through his research and innovation.
In a surprising discovery, scientists find tiny loops in the genomes of dividing cells
Enabled by a new high-resolution mapping technique, the findings overturn a long-held belief that the genome loses its 3D structure when cells divide.
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright ’85 visits MIT
Panel discussions focused on innovation in many forms of energy, then a tour of campus featured student research.
Ten years later, LIGO is a black-hole hunting machine
LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA celebrate the anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves and announce verification of Stephen Hawking’s black hole area theorem.
A comprehensive cellular-resolution map of brain activity
An international collaboration of neuroscientists, including MIT Professor Ila Fiete, developed a brain-wide map of decision-making at cellular resolution in mice.
Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, influential physicist who forged new paths to understanding the universe, dies at 92
The longtime MIT professor shared a Nobel Prize for his role in developing the LIGO observatory and detecting gravitational waves.