- by Anne Trafton | MIT NewsBy developing new materials for separating a mixture’s components, Zachary Smith hopes to reduce costs and environmental impact across many U.S. industries.
- by David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and MemoryPlace cells are known to encode individual locations, but research finds stitching together a “cognitive map” of a whole environment requires a broader ensemble of cells, aided by sleep, over several days.
- by MIT Center for International StudiesProfessor Evan Lieberman describes new research in which he and colleagues find a sharp partisan divide over providing aid to poor nations.
- by Denise Brehm | MIT Morningside Academy for DesignMAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer writes algorithms that optimize overall function, minimize carbon footprint, and produce a manufacturable design.
- by Adam Felts | MIT AgeLab | MIT Center for Transportation and LogisticsNew book from MIT AgeLab researchers applies the concept of innovation clusters to global population aging.
- by Anne Trafton | MIT NewsA professor of genetics, toxicology, and biological engineering, Thilly pushed himself and his students to develop solutions to real-world problems.
- by Alex Shipps | MIT CSAILInspired by the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education.
- by Elizabeth Durant | Office of the Vice ChancellorAeroAstro PhD student Sydney Dolan uses an interdisciplinary approach to develop collision-avoidance algorithms for satellites.
- by Adam Conner-Simons | MIT CSAILThe Thermochromorph printmaking technique developed by CSAIL researchers allows images to transition into each other through changes in temperature.
- by Peter Dizikes | MIT NewsPolitical scientist Ariel White studies people on the margins of U.S. politics to see if they might participate more fully in our system of government.
- by MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision SystemsUsing the island as a model, researchers demonstrate the “DyMonDS” framework can improve resiliency to extreme weather and ease the integration of new resources.
- by Jennifer Chu | MIT NewsMIT engineers designed a nanofiltration process that could make aluminum production more efficient while reducing hazardous waste.
- by Willamina Hadley | Program in STSLongtime MIT faculty member, award-winning author, and HASTS program co-founder was an expert in the influence of social context on science, and the organization of science in Russia and the Soviet Union.
- by Peter Dizikes | MIT NewsA former faculty member, the accomplished scholar and energetic leader returns to the Institute with a broad vision and deep experience.
- by Anne Trafton | MIT NewsMIT physicists develop a predictive formula, based on bacterial communities, that may also apply to other types of ecosystems, including the human GI tract.
- by Anne Trafton | MIT NewsFour professors and an additional alumnus honored with nation’s highest awards for scientists and engineers; Moderna, with deep MIT roots, also recognized.
- by Jennifer Chu | MIT NewsNew findings illuminate how Prochlorococcus’ nightly “cross-feeding” plays a role in regulating the ocean’s capacity to cycle and store carbon.
- by Amanda Stoll DiCristofaro | MIT.nanoIn her 2024 Dresselhaus Lecture, the Cambridge University professor of chemistry describes her work making batteries more reliable and sustainable.
- by MIT HealthMIT Health mourns the loss of a beloved applications support generalist within the Health Technology Services team.
- by Anne Trafton | MIT NewsUsing this model, researchers may be able to identify antibody drugs that can target a variety of infectious diseases.