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Ericmoore Jossou, a Black man with dark-rimmed glasses, sits on a orange leather-covered corner bench in a room lined with the same color walls.

Optimizing nuclear fuels for next-generation reactors

While working to nurture scientific talent in his native Nigeria, Assistant Professor Ericmoore Jossou is setting his sights on using materials science and computation to design robust nuclear components.

March 20, 2024

Cartoon image of an anthropomorphized computer character talking on an old-fashioned telephone

3 Questions: What you need to know about audio deepfakes

MIT CSAIL postdoc Nauman Dawalatabad explores ethical considerations, challenges in spear-phishing defense, and the optimistic future of AI-created voices across various sectors.

March 15, 2024

A coronal cross-section of a mouse brain is stained blue. The entire outer edge and occasional points further inside are speckled with yellow-green dots.

How sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid in Alzheimer’s mice

Study finds stimulating a key brain rhythm with light and sound increases peptide release from interneurons, driving clearance of an Alzheimer’s protein.

March 7, 2024

Illustration shows a pink woman breathing in, and a blue woman singing. Pink arrows point toward them, and blue arrows point away.

How the brain coordinates speaking and breathing

MIT neuroscientists have discovered a circuit that controls vocalization and makes sure that breathing is prioritized over speaking.

March 7, 2024

Glowing human brain illustration with brain waves crossing through center horizontally

A noninvasive treatment for “chemo brain”

Stimulating gamma brain waves may protect cancer patients from memory impairment and other cognitive effects of chemotherapy.

March 6, 2024

Rendering shows the Perseverance on the rocky brown surface of Mars. The Perseverance resembles a go-cart and has 6 wheels and an arm extending that houses the drill. The top of the Perseverance has a long neck and a camera on top.

Study determines the original orientations of rocks drilled on Mars

The “oriented” samples, the first of their kind from any planet, could shed light on Mars’ ancient magnetic field.

March 4, 2024

Five circular headshots of grant recipients listed along with "2023-2024 Grant Program for Diverse Voices"

The MIT Press announces Grant Program for Diverse Voices recipients for 2024

From a scholarly monograph on Haitian language to a feminist history of social media photography, grant recipients bring new perspectives to the world through the MIT Press.

February 28, 2024

Madeleine Laitz, left, and Dane deQuilettes stand in a lab filled with equipment like computers, microscopes, and oscilloscopes.

Study unlocks nanoscale secrets for designing next-generation solar cells

The work will help researchers tune surface properties of perovskites, a promising alternative and supplement to silicon, for more efficient photovoltaics.

February 28, 2024

Mi-Eun Kim, seated, plays a piano while Holden Mui, standing behind her, watches. An open laptop with a visual representation of data rests atop the piano.

Play it again, Spirio

A piano that captures the data of live performance offers the MIT community new possibilities for studying and experimenting with music.

February 21, 2024

A blue-gloved hand flexes a small orange wearable sensor, with conductive traces on the circuit board.

This ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs

The sticky, wearable sensor could help identify early signs of acute liver failure.

February 9, 2024

A wavey array of pink spheres floats like on water. A wavey orange arrow points to the right, and a wavey purple arrow points to the left.

MIT physicists capture the first sounds of heat “sloshing” in a superfluid

The results will expand scientists’ understanding of heat flow in superconductors and neutron stars.

February 8, 2024

Three violinists are in foreground, wearing masks and playing as part of a larger ensemble. About 15 other musicians are seen in the background.

A night at the orchestra, with Pokémon on the program

MIT student musicians blend longtime passions as they arrange and perform the music of beloved video games.

February 1, 2024

Four grainy video stills show a bridge-like structure. A spherical particle approaches the bridge and smashes through it.

Benchtop test quickly identifies extremely impact-resistant materials

High-speed experiments can help identify lightweight, protective “metamaterials” for spacecraft, vehicles, helmets, or other objects.

January 29, 2024

Abstract pixellated image of a human brain with a high-frequency wave form emanating from both sides

Evidence that gamma rhythm stimulation can treat neurological disorders is emerging

Researchers survey a broadening landscape of studies showing what’s known, and what remains to be found, about the therapeutic potential of noninvasive sensory, electrical, or magnetic stimulation of gamma brain rhythms.

January 18, 2024

Black-and-white photo of John Buttrick in middle age

John Buttrick, celebrated pianist and former director of music at MIT, dies at 88

A renowned classical musician and MIT faculty member for more than two decades, Buttrick taught and performed extensively around the world.

January 17, 2024

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