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Joel Moses, Institute Professor Emeritus and computer science trailblazer, dies at 80

Known as a visionary who brought together faculty from across MIT, Moses pioneered an influential symbolic mathematics program and held many top leadership posts.

May 31, 2022

A helping hand for robotic manipulator design

With modular components and an easy-to-use 3D interface, this interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand.

May 25, 2022

Charting a safe course through a highly uncertain environment

A new technique can safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter.

May 19, 2022

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Q&A: Chris Rackauckas on the equations at the heart of practically everything

Have a question about numerical differential equations? Odds are this CSAIL research affiliate has already addressed it.

May 9, 2022

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Study reveals the dynamics of human milk production

A new analysis shows how milk-producing cells change over time in nursing mothers.

April 5, 2022

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2022 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named

Professors Kamrin, Lang, McGee, and Shoulders are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.

March 11, 2022

School of Engineering welcomes new faculty

Seventeen new professors join the MIT community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture.

February 28, 2022

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Four from MIT named Meta Fellows for 2022

The honorees include four MIT graduate students in electrical engineering and computer science, economics, and media arts and sciences.

February 28, 2022

A new atlas of cells that carry blood to the brain

Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease.

February 14, 2022

Three by three grid of time-series images of a robot hand grasping three different objects

Dexterous robotic hands manipulate thousands of objects with ease

Model-free framework reorients over 2,000 diverse objects with a hand facing both upward and downward, in a step toward more human-like manipulation.

November 12, 2021

School of Science appoints 11 faculty members to named professorships

Those selected for these positions receive additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers.

November 1, 2021

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Smart laser cutter system detects different materials

SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate between 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces and workshops.

August 19, 2021

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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.

July 16, 2021

Unlocking the potential of blockchain technology

Algorand uses a unique architecture developed by MIT Professor Silvio Micali to offer a decentralized, secure, and scalable blockchain.

June 16, 2021

MIT Sloan’s Gary Gensler to be nominated for chair of Securities and Exchange Commission

Prominent finance expert, a veteran of both public service and the private sector, to be nominee for top market-regulation post.

January 19, 2021

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