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New control system teaches soft robots the art of staying safe

MIT CSAIL and LIDS researchers developed a mathematically grounded system that lets soft robots deform, adapt, and interact with people and objects, without violating safety limits.

December 2, 2025

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Inaugural UROP mixer draws hundreds of students eager to gain research experience

The Institute will commit up to $1 million in new funding to increase supply of UROPs.

December 2, 2025

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MIT Sea Grant students explore the intersection of technology and offshore aquaculture in Norway

AquaCulture Shock program, in collaboration with MIT-Scandinavia MISTI, offers international internships for AI and autonomy in aquaculture

December 1, 2025

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Driving American battery innovation forward

At MITEI’s Fall Colloquium, General Motors’ battery development expert emphasized how affordability, accessibility, and commercialization can position the US as a leader in battery tech.

December 1, 2025

Exploring how AI will shape the future of work

For PhD student Benjamin Manning, the future of work means grasping AI’s role on our behalf while transforming and accelerating social scientific discovery.

December 1, 2025

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MIT scientists debut a generative AI model that could create molecules addressing hard-to-treat diseases

BoltzGen generates protein binders for any biological target from scratch, expanding AI’s reach from understanding biology toward engineering it.

November 25, 2025

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Celebrating the advancement of technology leadership through policy analysis and guidance

The MIT Technology and Policy Program marked 50 years with a symposium exploring its history of education, research, and impact — while looking ahead to technology policy issues of the future.

November 25, 2025

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How artificial intelligence can help achieve a clean energy future

AI supports the clean energy transition as it manages power grid operations, helps plan infrastructure investments, guides development of novel materials, and more.

November 24, 2025

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The cost of thinking

MIT neuroscientists find a surprising parallel in the ways humans and new AI models solve complex problems.

November 19, 2025

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Phil Sharp-Alnylam Fund for Emerging Scientists to support MIT biology graduate students and faculty

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals establishes named fund in honor of its co-founder, an MIT Institute Professor and Nobel laureate.

November 12, 2025

A robot thinks while an LLM web passes through them.

Teaching large language models how to absorb new knowledge

With a new method developed at MIT, an LLM behaves more like a student, writing notes that it studies to memorize new information.

November 12, 2025

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Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence

Associate Professor Phillip Isola studies the ways in which intelligent machines “think,” in an effort to safely integrate AI into human society.

November 11, 2025

MIT Energy Initiative launches Data Center Power Forum

MIT faculty and MITEI member company experts address power demand from data centers.

November 7, 2025

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Giving buildings an “MRI” to make them more energy-efficient and resilient

Founded by a team from MIT, Lamarr.AI uses drones, thermal imaging, and AI to help property owners make targeted investments in their buildings.

November 7, 2025

Charting the future of AI, from safer answers to faster thinking

MIT PhD students who interned with the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab Summer Program are pushing AI tools to be more flexible, efficient, and grounded in truth.

November 6, 2025

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Driving American battery innovation forward

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Celebrating the advancement of technology leadership through policy analysis and guidance

How artificial intelligence can help achieve a clean energy future

The cost of thinking

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Teaching large language models how to absorb new knowledge

Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence

MIT Energy Initiative launches Data Center Power Forum

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