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An interdisciplinary approach to fighting climate change through clean energy solutions

Principal Research Scientist Audun Botterud tackles a range of cross-cutting problems — from energy market interactions to designing batteries — to get closer to a decarbonized power grid.

April 5, 2023

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Jacob Andreas and Mingda Li honored with Junior Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching

Award is given each year by the School of Engineering to an outstanding educator up for promotion to associate professor without tenure.

April 3, 2023

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Speeding up drug discovery with diffusion generative models

MIT researchers built DiffDock, a model that may one day be able to find new drugs faster than traditional methods and reduce the potential for adverse side effects.

March 31, 2023

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Boosting passenger experience and increasing connectivity at the Hong Kong International Airport

Students develop entrepreneurial mindsets and cultural competency in a startup boot camp.

March 29, 2023

Students laugh and stand around a table while building a model skyscraper with foam and pencils.

MIT sophomores connect with alumni mentors in professional and leadership development program

UPOP annual workshop lets sophomores take a deep dive into teamwork, creative problem-solving, and networking in preparation for their future careers.

March 28, 2023

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Strengthening trust in machine-learning models

Associate Professor Tamara Broderick and colleagues build a “taxonomy of trust” to identify where confidence in the results of a data analysis might break down.

March 28, 2023

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Festival of Learning 2023 underscores importance of well-designed learning environments

Keynote speaker Bror Saxberg SM ’85, PhD ’89 encourages understanding learners and their contexts.

March 27, 2023

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Full immersion in health care for MIT students

Students working in Boston Medical Center’s Autism Program make an impact while experiencing the whirlwind atmosphere of a hospital.

March 27, 2023

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Michael Howland gives wind energy a lift

The MIT assistant professor works to get more electricity out of renewable energy systems.

March 24, 2023

In a busy wood-working lab, 7 teachers and students wear safety masks and goggles as they work with wood. Lots of tools and equipment can be seen on the walls.

Giving refugees design education — and newfound hope

MIT D-Lab workshops equip refugees in Greece and elsewhere with the skills and confidence to solve problems in their communities.

March 23, 2023

The book cover has bright yellow lights like fireflies, and says, “The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science; Alan Lightman, best-selling author of Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine.” On the right is a portrait of Alan Lightman.

Minds wide open

Alan Lightman’s new book asks how a sense of transcendence can exist in brains made of atoms, molecules, and neurons.

March 22, 2023

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MIT-led teams win National Science Foundation grants to research sustainable materials

The teams will work toward sustainable microchips and topological materials as well as socioresilient materials design.

March 21, 2023

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A glimpse inside Intel

In MIT visit, CEO Pat Gelsinger sounds a bullish note on the future of U.S. semiconductor manufacturing.

March 21, 2023

Barry Duncan sits on a bench inside MIT Press bookstore, with shelves of colorful books surrounding him.

MIT’s Barry Duncan demonstrates the power of writing in reverse

The MIT Press Bookstore staff member charms and amazes with his talent for writing in palindrome — or prose that reads the same forward and backward.

March 20, 2023

Heather Kulik poses outside in front of green trees

Mining the right transition metals in a vast chemical space

Computational chemists design better ways of discovering and designing materials for energy applications.

March 13, 2023

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