To decarbonize the chemical industry, electrify it
Researchers urge industry and the research community to explore electrification pathways to reduce chemical industry emissions.
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Blue-sky thinking and the next 150-year chair
MIT students studying advanced product design explored sustainable chair manufacturing and showed their work in a community exhibition space in Venice, California.
Sensing with purpose
Fadel Adib uses wireless technologies to sense the world in new ways, taking aim at sweeping problems such as food insecurity, climate change, and access to health care.
Residential scholars enrich the on-campus living experience
From community events to mentoring, residential scholars find living in the same halls as students is rewarding and fun.
3 Questions: Sulafa Zidani on tech, culture, and a critical transnational perspective
The media scholar speaks on her research and her experience at MIT.
A global lab for teaching and practicing synthetic biology
A pandemic-fueled transformation of the MIT course MAS.S64 (How to Grow (Almost) Anything) leads to next steps in democratizing synthetic biology.
Brandon Ogbunu is a radical collaborator
MLK Visiting Professor tries to “maximize connection time” while studying protein evolution.
Unpacking the “black box” to build better AI models
Stefanie Jegelka seeks to understand how machine-learning models behave, to help researchers build more robust models for applications in biology, computer vision, optimization, and more.
New MIT internships expand research opportunities in Africa
University placements through MISTI aim to contribute to Africa’s growing research ecosystems.
Scientists discover a new way of sharing genetic information in a common ocean microbe
Prochlorococcus, the world’s most abundant photosynthetic organism, reveals a gene-transfer mechanism that may be key to its abundance and diversity.
Breaking out of the box
An MIT residency unlocks the dreamlike world of the dance-theater piece “The History of Empires.”
Professor Emeritus Richard Wurtman, influential figure in translational research, dies at 86
Longtime MIT professor of neuroscience led research behind 200 patents, laying the groundwork for numerous medical products.
MIT’s departments, labs, and centers celebrate the holidays
Across the Institute, MIT’s communities took part in light-hearted traditions new and old.
Merging storytelling and technology, “The Conquered” comes together in true MIT fashion
MIT professors collaborate at a whirlwind pace to create and stage a play inspired by advances in neurotechnology.
Reimagining a curriculum for tomorrow's engineers at the University of the Andes
A three-year collaboration with J-WEL upgraded student learning through human skills, project-centered classes, and adaptability.