Using AI to explore the 3D structure of the genome
Two meters of DNA is crammed into the nucleus of every human cell. Bin Zhang wants to know how gene expression works in this minuscule space.
Three MIT students named 2026 Schwarzman Scholars
Yutao Gong, Brandon Man, and Andrii Zahorodnii will spend 2025-26 at Tsinghua University in China studying global affairs.
Q&A: “As long as you have a future, you can still change it”
MIT historian Tristan Brown describes how China’s feng shui legacy can help with confronting today’s climate challenges.
China-based emissions of three potent climate-warming greenhouse gases spiked in past decade
Two studies pinpoint their likely industrial sources and mitigation opportunities.
The rules of the game
Rising superpowers like China are “cautious opportunists” in global institutions, and the U.S. should avoid overreaction, PhD student Raymond Wang argues.
Two MIT PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for their research on water
Jonathan Bessette and Akash Ball have been named 2024-25 J-WAFS Fellows for water treatment technologies.
Atmospheric observations in China show rise in emissions of a potent greenhouse gas
Global warming potential of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is more than 24,000 times that of carbon dioxide.
Fengshui in the Qing Dynasty courtroom
Historian Tristan Brown’s new book tells the overlooked story of an ancient Chinese concept and its role in shaping the country’s law.
Miranda McClellan ’18, MEng ’19 awarded 2025 Schwarzman Scholarship
The computer scientist will study global affairs at Tsinghua University in China as part of the 2024-25 class of Schwarzman Scholars.
3 Questions: Wiebke Denecke on a landmark project for Chinese literature
The Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature brings three millennia of classic texts to the world, in bilingual editions.
Foreign policy scholars examine the China-Russia relationship
An expert panel discussed the strengths, and limits, of the alignment between the two world powers and U.S. rivals.
Q&A: The BRICS expansion and the global balance of power
MIT political scientist Taylor Fravel examines the potential and limitations of a bigger BRICS group of countries — and what it means for the U.S.
How an “AI-tocracy” emerges
In China, the use of AI-driven facial recognition helps the regime repress dissent while enhancing the technology, researchers report.
David Autor named NOMIS 2023 Distinguished Scientist
NOMIS Foundation honors the Ford Professor of Economics for his contributions to understanding the effects of technological change and globalization on jobs and earnings prospects for workers.
Studying phages far from home
Biology graduate student Tong Zhang has spent the last two years learning the intricacies of how bacteria protect themselves.