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Teaching AI to communicate sounds like humans do

Inspired by the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education.

January 9, 2025

Paris Myers and Ticha Sethapakdi display a 3D drawing of a human face turning its head. This is illustrated as “before” and “after” Polaroid pictures and labeled as "Thermochromorph” in sharpie.

Images that transform through heat

The Thermochromorph printmaking technique developed by CSAIL researchers allows images to transition into each other through changes in temperature.

January 8, 2025

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Yari Golden-Castaño is over the moon about outreach

The engineer and aspiring astronaut developed an outreach program at Lincoln Laboratory to help bring hands-on STEM activities to all.

January 8, 2025

Richard Locke PhD ’89 named dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management

A former faculty member, the accomplished scholar and energetic leader returns to the Institute with a broad vision and deep experience.

January 6, 2025

A new computational model can predict antibody structures more accurately

Using this model, researchers may be able to identify antibody drugs that can target a variety of infectious diseases.

January 2, 2025

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Unlocking the hidden power of boiling — for energy, space, and beyond

Associate Professor Matteo Bucci’s research sheds new light on an ancient process, to improve the efficiency of heat transfer in many industrial systems.

January 2, 2025

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MIT in the media: 2024 in review

MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.

December 24, 2024

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MIT community in 2024: A year in review

Top stories highlighted the Climate Project at MIT and two new Institute collaborative projects; free tuition for most new undergraduates; Nobels and other major awards; a solar eclipse over campus; and more.

December 24, 2024

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Ecologists find computer vision models’ blind spots in retrieving wildlife images

Biodiversity researchers tested vision systems on how well they could retrieve relevant nature images. More advanced models performed well on simple queries but struggled with more research-specific prompts.

December 20, 2024

MIT affiliates receive 2025 IEEE honors

Five MIT faculty and staff, along with 19 additional alumni, are honored for electrical engineering and computer science advances.

December 19, 2024

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MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes Frida Polli as visiting innovation scholar

The neuroscientist turned entrepreneur will focus on advancing the intersection of behavioral science and AI across MIT.

December 19, 2024

Illustration shows the process of the AI framework as if climbing stairs, with illustrations representing “ontologist, scientist 1, scientist 2, and critic.” On top is a unique object labeled “new materials.”

Need a research hypothesis? Ask AI.

MIT engineers developed AI frameworks to identify evidence-driven hypotheses that could advance biologically inspired materials.

December 19, 2024

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When MIT’s interdisciplinary NEET program is a perfect fit

Junior Katie Spivakovsky describes her path through New Engineering Education Transformation to biomedical research and beyond.

December 17, 2024

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MIT spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems unveils plans for the world’s first fusion power plant

The company has announced that it will build the first grid-scale fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia.

December 17, 2024

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Study reveals AI chatbots can detect race, but racial bias reduces response empathy

Researchers at MIT, NYU, and UCLA develop an approach to help evaluate whether large language models like GPT-4 are equitable enough to be clinically viable for mental health support.

December 16, 2024

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