An energy-storage solution that flows like soft-serve ice cream Researchers make the case for a semisolid electrochemical compound as a cost-efficient, grid-scale battery backup for wind and solar power. November 30, 2021 Read full story →
Rewriting the operating manual Nikos Trichakis applies the tools of operations research to a wide range of problems, from medicine to corporate finance. November 30, 2021 Read full story →
Chemist and MLK Jr. Scholar Robert Gilliard explores new frontiers in synthetic chemistry MIT visiting scholar is motivated by foundational science at the edges of the periodic table. November 29, 2021 Read full story →
Artificial intelligence that understands object relationships A new machine-learning model could enable robots to understand interactions in the world in the way humans do. November 29, 2021 Read full story →
In MIT visit, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston ’05 explores the accelerated shift to distributed work Houston discusses leading the company through the pandemic in a fireside chat hosted by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. November 22, 2021 Read full story →
Design’s new frontier Mechanical engineers are using cutting-edge computing techniques to re-imagine how the products, systems, and infrastructures we use are designed. November 19, 2021 Read full story →
Carina Letong Hong named a 2022 Rhodes Scholar for China The MIT junior will pursue graduate studies in mathematics at Oxford University. November 17, 2021 Read full story →
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 Read full story →
Radio-frequency wave scattering improves fusion simulations By incorporating the scattering of RF waves into fusion simulations, MIT physicists improve heating and current drive predictions for fusion plasmas. November 10, 2021 Read full story →
James Swan, associate professor of chemical engineering, dies at 39 The recently tenured professor, who joined the MIT faculty in 2013, studied the structure and dynamics of soft matter. November 9, 2021 Read full story →
J-WAFS launches Food and Climate Systems Transformation Alliance Announced at the UN Climate Change Conference, the initiative aims to make food systems more resilient and sustainable by better connecting research to practice. November 9, 2021 Read full story →
Embarking upon a leadership journey MIT students connect with Israelis and Palestinians to learn how to leverage science, technology, and entrepreneurship. November 8, 2021 Read full story →
Toward speech recognition for uncommon spoken languages Reducing the complexity of a powerful machine-learning model may help level the playing field for automatic speech-recognition around the world. November 4, 2021 Read full story →
MIT collaborates with Biogen on three-year, $7 million initiative to address climate, health, and equity Biogen’s support is part of the biotechnology company’s Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives Initiative. November 3, 2021 Read full story →
Avoiding shortcut solutions in artificial intelligence A new method forces a machine learning model to focus on more data when learning a task, which leads to more reliable predictions. November 2, 2021 Read full story →