“The Age of Living Machines” honored by the American Institute of Physics
Author Susan Hockfield, MIT president emerita and professor of neuroscience, receives 2020 Science Communication Award.
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Neural pathway crucial to successful rapid object recognition in primates
Recurrent processing via prefrontal cortex, necessary for quick visual object processing in primates, provides a key insight for developing brain-like artificial intelligence.
Daniel Harlow awarded Packard Foundation Fellowship
Physics professor receives one of the most prestigious nongovernmental awards for early-career scientists.
Learning by doing, remotely
Despite the disruption caused by the pandemic, MIT students have carved out meaningful hands-on experiences.
More than a meal
MIT Sea Grant facilitates Saving a Community Fishery, Feeding a Population Covid-19 rapid-response project.
The real promise of synthetic data
MIT researchers release the Synthetic Data Vault, a set of open-source tools meant to expand data access without compromising privacy.
Designing off-grid refrigeration technologies for crop storage in Kenya
A team of MIT researchers is using the thermodynamic properties of water evaporation to bring off-grid cold storage of produce to remote, arid regions.
Fujikura joins MIT.nano Consortium
Optical communication device and electrical equipment manufacturing company to advise, collaborate with MIT researchers.
MIT.nano receives LEED Platinum certification
Commitment to sustainable practices earns top honor from the U.S Green Building Council.
Finding patterns in the noise
Using novel computational approaches, graduate student Shiyao Liu develops better tools for analyzing data.
MIT Proto Ventures program readies new startups for launch
MIT Innovation Initiative Venture Builder Luis Soenksen accelerates the launch of unique AI and health care startups in record time.
3 Questions: Anat Biletzki on the Human Rights and Technology Fellowship Program
Designed for students, the program explores on a grand scale how technology can aid or hinder human rights.
SMART researchers receive Intra-CREATE grant for personalized medicine and cell therapy
Funds will support research on glaucoma through retinal biometrics and neural cell implantation therapy for spinal cord injury.
The wobbling shadow of the M87* black hole
Analysis of Event Horizon Telescope observations from 2009 to 2017 reveals turbulent evolution of the M87* black hole image.
Professor Emeritus Edward Merrill, chemical engineer who helped found the field of bioengineering, dies at 96
Biomaterials pioneer considered “the premier biomedical engineer of the 20th century.”