Devavrat Shah appointed faculty director of the Deshpande Center In his new role, Shah will help students and faculty bring innovative technologies from the lab to the marketplace. March 7, 2022 Read full story →
New maps show airplane contrails over the U.S. dropped steeply in 2020 The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact. March 7, 2022 Read full story →
SMART researchers discover unique lysin capable of killing multidrug-resistant bacteria Novel lysin Abp013 has shown promising antimicrobial ability against Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae. March 4, 2022 Read full story →
Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years. February 28, 2022 Read full story →
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty Seventeen new professors join the MIT community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture. February 28, 2022 Read full story →
How to reach a tumbling target in space Experiments aboard International Space Station demonstrate a potential solution for cleaning up orbital debris and repairing damaged satellites. February 25, 2022 Read full story →
A “hot Jupiter’s” dark side is revealed in detail for first time The planet’s night side likely hosts iron clouds, titanium rain, and winds that dwarf Earth’s jetstream. February 21, 2022 Read full story →
Using deep imaging for higher resolution Akasha Imaging, an MIT Media Lab spinout, provides efficient and cost-effective imaging with higher-resolution feature detection, tracking, and pose orientation. February 18, 2022 Read full story →
Advancing public understanding of sea-level rise A Museum of Science, Boston exhibit benefits from oceanographer Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli’s work on the Venetian Lagoon’s MOSE barrier project. February 17, 2022 Read full story →
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to speak at MIT’s 2022 Commencement Director-General of the World Trade Organization and MIT alumna will address the Class of 2022 on May 27. February 17, 2022 Read full story →
A new upper limit on the mass of neutrinos Researchers with the KATRIN experiment determine that neutrinos are lighter than 0.8 eV/c2. February 14, 2022 Read full story →
Adopting a holistic approach to problem-solving in business A business-to-business marketing expert, Sharmila Chatterjee trains MIT's next generation of business leaders to break down silos. February 11, 2022 Read full story →
L. Rafael Reif to step down as MIT president For a decade, Reif’s bold vision led the Institute to dynamic growth and increased stature on the world stage. February 10, 2022 Read full story →
An open-source tool for software security The startup r2c, founded by MIT alumni, offers a database of software security checks to simplify the process of securing code. February 10, 2022 Read full story →
3 Questions: Kuheli Dutt reflects on diversity in science Assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the MIT School of Science answers three questions about the work ahead. February 8, 2022 Read full story →