Power when the sun doesn’t shine
With batteries based on iron and air, Form Energy leverages MIT research to incorporate renewables into the grid.
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Brain surgery training from an avatar
MIT.nano Immersion Lab works with AR/VR startup to create transcontinental medical instruction.
Stitch3D is powering a new wave of 3D data collaboration
The company, founded by Clark Yuan MBA ’22, has developed a cloud platform that makes 3D data sharing, visualizing, and editing easy.
Annie Liau: Infinite caring for the MIT community
A longtime physician reflects on her journey from Thailand to MIT, and her four decades of service at MIT Health.
A chronicler of the biotech boom
MIT historian of science Robin Wolfe Scheffler takes a close look at the progress of biomedical research in the U.S.
LIFT Program helps Cambridge youth become tomorrow’s changemakers
The Lemelson-MIT/MBK Cambridge program equips local residents with entrepreneurship skills to invent mental health solutions.
Advancing social studies at MIT Sloan
Associate Professor Dean Eckles studies how our social networks affect our behavior and shape our lives.
Ms. Nuclear Energy is winning over nuclear skeptics
Kaylee Cunningham recognizes that her training as a PhD student in nuclear science and engineering could be for naught if myths continue to plague the industry. The activist is committed to helping — one TikTok at a time.
Embracing the future we need
MIT Sloan Professor Andy Sun works to improve the electricity grid so it can better use renewable energy.
Q&A: A high-tech take on Wagner’s “Parsifal” opera
Director and MIT Professor Jay Scheib’s production, at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, features an apocalyptic theme and augmented reality headsets for the audience.
A clean alternative to one of the world’s most common ingredients
C16 Biosciences, founded by MIT alumni, has developed a microbial oil to replace palm oil, whose production reaps environmental devastation.
Charting the future of production
Experts from industry, academia, government, and nonprofits explored the future of manufacturing at the second annual Manufacturing@MIT Symposium.
How MIT’s fab labs scaled around the world
Now a global community of builders of all skill levels and backgrounds, the fab lab network grew from a single maker facility at MIT.
An AI challenge only humans can solve
In their new book, “Power and Progress,” Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson ask whether the benefits of AI will be shared widely or feed inequality.
After Amazon, an ambition to accelerate American manufacturing
Jeff Wilke SM '93, former CEO of Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer business, brings his LGO playbook to his new mission of revitalizing manufacturing in the U.S.