Angela Belcher delivers 2023 Dresselhaus Lecture on evolving organisms for new nanomaterials
MIT professor combines nanoscience and viruses to develop solutions in energy, environment, and medicine.
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A computer scientist pushes the boundaries of geometry
Justin Solomon applies modern geometric techniques to solve problems in computer vision, machine learning, statistics, and beyond.
3 Questions: Darrell Irvine on making HIV vaccines more powerful
Human volunteers will soon begin receiving an HIV vaccine that contains an adjuvant developed in Irvine’s lab, which helps to boost B cell responses to the vaccine.
Scientists 3D print self-heating microfluidic devices
The one-step fabrication process rapidly produces miniature chemical reactors that could be used to detect diseases or analyze substances.
Eric Evans to step down as director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory
During 18 years of leadership, Evans established new R&D mission areas, strengthened ties to the MIT community, and increased inclusion and education efforts.
AI accelerates problem-solving in complex scenarios
A new, data-driven approach could lead to better solutions for tricky optimization problems like global package routing or power grid operation.
3 Questions: Melissa Nobles on combating antisemitism and Islamophobia
MIT’s chancellor takes stock of early efforts and details the Institute’s new “Standing Together Against Hate” initiative.
Explained: The sugar coating of life
Researchers are working to advance the field of glycoscience, illuminating the essential role of carbohydrates for human health and disease.
High school students gain skills by working on digital learning materials
MIT Digital Learning Lab and Empowr pilot a new internship program.
Immune action at a distance
MIT and MGH researchers design a local, gel-based drug-delivery platform that may provoke a system-wide immune response to metastatic tumors.
A new optimization framework for robot motion planning
MIT CSAIL researchers established new connections between combinatorial and continuous optimization, which can find global solutions for complex motion-planning puzzles.
Q&A: Phillip Sharp and Amy Brand on the future of open-access publishing
An MIT-based white paper identifies leading questions in the quest to make open-access publications sustainable.
What does the future hold for generative AI?
Rodney Brooks, co-founder of iRobot, kicks off an MIT symposium on the promise and potential pitfalls of increasingly powerful AI tools like ChatGPT.
Boosting rocket reliability at the material level
Zack Cordero’s research focuses on extending the lifespan of reusable rockets, while simultaneously reducing the risk of catastrophic failure.
A green hydrogen innovation for clean energy
Fall 2023 Wulff Lecture speaker Sossina Haile ’86, PhD ’92 uses ammonia and a “superprotonic” material for efficient and eco-friendly energy generation.