Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
Incorporating machine learning, MIT engineers developed a way to 3D print alloys that are much stronger than conventionally manufactured versions.
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MIT joins in constructing the Giant Magellan Telescope
The major public-private partnership is expected to strengthen MIT research and US leadership in astronomy and engineering.
Meet the 2025 tenured professors in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Faculty members granted tenure in Linguistics and Philosophy, Music and Theater Arts, and Political Science.
Engineering fantasy into reality
PhD student Erik Ballesteros is building “Doc Ock” arms for future astronauts.
Youssef Marzouk appointed associate dean of MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
AeroAstro professor and outgoing co-director of the Center for Computational Science and Engineering will play a vital role in fostering community for bilingual computing faculty.
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences welcomes 14 new faculty for 2025
New professors join Comparative Media Studies/Writing, History, Linguistics and Philosophy, Music and Theater Arts, and Political Science.
Professor Emeritus Keith Johnson, pioneering theorist in materials science and independent filmmaker, dies at 89
Longtime MIT solid-state physicist brought theoretical insights to an experiment-driven discipline — and later, to film.
MIT’s Mason Estrada to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers
The star pitcher has been studying aerospace engineering at MIT. Now his pitches, and career, will take flight in professional baseball.
Professor Emeritus Daniel Kleppner, highly influential atomic physicist, dies at 92
The “godfather of Bose-Einstein condensation” and MIT faculty member for 37 years led research into atomic, molecular, and optical physics that led to GPS and quantum computing.
Five MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2025
Rodney Brooks, Parag Pathak, Scott Sheffield, Benjamin Weiss, Yukiko Yamashita, and 13 MIT alumni are recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions to research.
Supporting mission-driven space innovation, for Earth and beyond
Aurelia Institute, founded by a team from MIT, serves as a research lab, an education and outreach center, and a policy hub for the space industry.
MIT and Mass General Hospital researchers find disparities in organ acceptance
In an analysis of over 160,000 transplant candidates, researchers found that race is linked to how likely an organ offer is to be accepted on behalf of a patient.
Island rivers carve passageways through coral reefs
Research shows these channels allow seawater and nutrients to flow in and out, helping to maintain reef health over millions of years.
MIT engineers uncover a surprising reason why tissues are flexible or rigid
Watery fluid between cells plays a major role, offering new insights into how organs and tissues adapt to aging, diabetes, cancer, and more.
A sounding board for strengthening the student experience
Composed of “computing bilinguals,” the Undergraduate Advisory Group provides vital input to help advance the mission of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.