Mining the right transition metals in a vast chemical space
Computational chemists design better ways of discovering and designing materials for energy applications.
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It’s a weird, weird quantum world
In MIT’s 2023 Killian Lecture, Peter Shor shares a brief history of quantum computing from a personal viewpoint.
Shrinky Dinks, nail polish, and smelly bacteria
High school students spend time at MIT building a low-cost fuel cell.
Celebrating a decade of a more sustainable MIT, with a focus on the future
The MIT Office of Sustainability gathers students, staff, faculty, and researchers for annual Sustainability Connect.
Matthew Kearney: Bringing AI and philosophy into dialogue
The computer science and philosophy double-major aims to advance the field of AI ethics.
Pilot, engineer, neuroscientist, bridge-builder
How Elissa Gibson ’22 connected the dots to form her own unique constellation of MIT experiences.
Creating a versatile vaccine to take on Covid-19 in its many guises
Aided by machine learning, scientists are working to develop a vaccine that would be effective against all SARS-CoV-2 strains.
3 Questions: Antje Danielson on energy education and its role in climate action
The MIT Energy Initiative’s director of education shares new initiatives aimed at preparing students to take an active role in solving the climate crisis.
Creating the steps to make organizational sustainability work
MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative Director Jason Jay helps organizations decide on and implement their sustainability goals.
Large language models are biased. Can logic help save them?
MIT researchers trained logic-aware language models to reduce harmful stereotypes like gender and racial biases.
Robot armies duke it out in Battlecode’s epic on-screen battles
The long-running programming competition encourages skills and friendships that last a lifetime.
New purification method could make protein drugs cheaper
MIT engineers find specialized nanoparticles can quickly and inexpensively isolate proteins from a bioreactor.
MIT-Takeda Program heads into fourth year with crop of 10 new projects
The program leverages MIT’s research expertise and Takeda’s industrial know-how for research in artificial intelligence and medicine.
Q&A: Tod Machover on “Overstory Overture,” his new operatic work
MIT composer’s piece premieres at Lincoln Center on March 7, with superstar Joyce DiDonato in a leading — and surprising — role.
Letter to the MIT Community: Embracing freedom of expression in the life of the Institute
President Kornbluth provides an update on the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom, which has been approved by the faculty.