Helping robots fit into the human workplace
Founded by Anthony Jules ’92, SM ’92 and Professor Emeritus Rodney Brooks, Robust AI’s robots are designed to collaborate with humans in factories and warehouses.
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New AI “copilot” helps engineers design better structures
The system asks humans for feedback to increase trust in machine-generated designs for buildings and bridges.
Energy, prosperity, emissions, and innovation: A decarbonization progress report
Eric Toone, CTO of Breakthrough Energy, assessed global decarbonization, and the opportunities and challenges that remain, at MITEI’s annual research conference.
A single AI model simulates the behavior of many substances, from sliding sand to folding proteins
By learning how matter moves, the WorldParticle system could assist with developing soft robots, medicines, and more.
Studying bacteria and the cells they infect
By exploring how bacteria hijack cell functions, Associate Professor Rebecca Lamason hopes to learn more about how host cells carry out those functions.
3 Questions: Building more resilient minerals supply chains
Elsa Olivetti, co-director of the MIT Minerals Stewardship Consortium, discusses how research and collaborations can strengthen mineral supply chains.
Building connections across the research infrastructure
MIT.nano and the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition gathered facility leaders and technology professionals from across the nation to explore ways to make shared-access facilities more connected.
Faces of MIT: Vera Grbic
IDHR communications officer Vera Grbic helps connect the MIT community with resources, support, and information through clear and accessible messaging.
Powering up for a pivotal moment
From a nuclear revival to qubits, the MIT Energy Initiative’s annual research conference tracked deployment of today’s technologies to discovery of tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
MIT affiliates named 2026 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows
Five MIT faculty members and two additional alumni are honored with fellowships to advance research on beneficial AI.
Next Haunt: A scary “problem set” in the basement of Next House
For more than a decade, MIT students have turned Next House’s basement into a spooky escape-room style test of puzzles, teamwork, and ingenuity.
3 Questions: Why infrastructure is entering a defining era
Professor Ali Jadbabaie describes how AI, digital transformation, climate change, and complex geopolitics are forcing engineers and policymakers to rethink how infrastructure is designed, built, and managed.
Secure keys strengthen protected military satellite communications
Lincoln Laboratory’s new key-management architecture solves the dilemma of how to refresh cryptographic keys securely, quickly, and widely for U.S. forces.
Origami-based construction method yields lightweight, load-bearing structures on architectural scales
The modular approach could be used to erect emergency shelters or fabricate aerospace components more quickly and with less material than some techniques.
Hashim Sarkis to step down as dean of the School of Architecture and Planning
During a dozen years of leadership, Sarkis championed projects that advanced research, education, and public engagement, and helped design thrive at MIT.