A helping hand for robotic manipulator design
With modular components and an easy-to-use 3D interface, this interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand.
What rigorous evidence has to say about summer youth employment programs
New J-PAL North America publication helps policymakers understand summer programs’ wide-ranging benefits, in such areas as criminal justice involvement, education, and development.
MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium announces recipients of inaugural MCSC Seed Awards
Twenty winning projects will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions.
MIT J-WAFS announces 2022 seed grant recipients
The grants total over $1 million in support of research that addresses issues in the water and food sectors.
Researchers unveil a secret of stronger metals
Study shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties.
Artificial intelligence predicts patients’ race from their medical images
Study shows AI can identify self-reported race from medical images that contain no indications of race detectable by human experts.
Is it topological? A new materials database has the answer
Searchable tool reveals more than 90,000 known materials with electronic properties that remain unperturbed in the face of disruption.
Charting a safe course through a highly uncertain environment
A new technique can safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter.
From South Africa, a success story for democracy
In a new book, MIT political scientist Evan Lieberman examines a quarter-century of post-Apartheid government and finds meaningful progress.
Living better with algorithms
Graduate student Sarah Cen explores the interplay between humans and artificial intelligence systems, to help build accountability and trust.
Zero-trust architecture may hold the answer to cybersecurity insider threats
MIT Lincoln Laboratory study explores a new approach to securing systems.
On the road to cleaner, greener, and faster driving
Researchers use artificial intelligence to help autonomous vehicles avoid idling at red lights.
Energy storage important to creating affordable, reliable, deeply decarbonized electricity systems
MIT Energy Initiative report supports energy storage paired with renewable energy to achieve clean energy grids.
MIT students and postdocs advocate for increased federal support of scientific research on Capitol Hill
Students and postdocs from MIT's Science Policy Initiative meet with lawmakers on science-engineering-technology Congressional Visit Days 2022.
Astronomers snap first-ever image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*
The image reveals a glowing, donut-shaped ring at the Milky Way’s heart.