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Knight Science Journalism Program announces 2021-22 fellows
Twenty-one distinguished journalists will probe issues ranging from environmental justice and maternal health to threatened grasslands and endangered megafauna.
Life in space: Preparing for an increasingly tangible reality
The Space Exploration Initiative supports research across and beyond MIT in two microgravity flights this spring.
Contact-aware robot design
A novel method to represent robotic manipulators helps optimize complex and organic shapes for future machines.
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing awards named professorships to two faculty members
Dina Katabi and Aleksander Madry receive additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers.
Getting dressed with help from robots
A human-aware motion planning algorithm addresses the safety gap in collaboration between robots and humans.
The tenured engineers of 2021
Eight faculty members have been granted tenure in five departments across the MIT School of Engineering.
US Air Force pilots get an artificial intelligence assist with scheduling aircrews
An optimization tool from the Department of Air Force–MIT AI Accelerator is transforming the laborious process of staffing C-17 cargo flights.
Infrared cameras and artificial intelligence provide insight into boiling
MIT researchers train a neural network to predict a “boiling crisis,” with potential applications for cooling computer chips and nuclear reactors.
Designing exploratory robots that collect data for marine scientists
“This is a really exciting time to be a roboticist who also cares about the environment,” says PhD student Victoria Preston.
Summer 2021 recommended reading from MIT
Enjoy these recent titles from Institute faculty and staff.
Synthetic biology circuits can respond within seconds
MIT engineers design the first synthetic circuit that consists entirely of fast, reversible protein-protein interactions.
Giving robots better moves
MIT alumnus-founded RightHand Robotics has developed picking robots that are more reliable and adaptable in warehouse environments.
MIT and Harvard agree to transfer edX to ed-tech firm 2U
Two-part transaction would turn edX into a public benefit company while generously funding a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the impact of digital learning.