MIT Energy and Climate Club Empowers Future Climate Leaders
At MIT, one of our key missions is to tackle some of the world’s most pressing issues, with a strong…
Category: Innovation
AI and Blisk Collaborate in DARPA-Funded Project
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has recently awarded a groundbreaking project uniting researchers from the Massachusetts Institute…
Teen Studies Plant Medicinal Properties Using MIT Pharmacology
Meet Tomás Orellana, a visionary 17-year-old high school student from Chile, who has set his sights on creating a kit…
New Mechanism Found for Old Cancer Drug by Biologists
Since the 1950s, the chemotherapy drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) has been a cornerstone in the treatment of various cancers, including blood-related…
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun win Nobel Prize in Medicine
Victor Ambros, an esteemed MIT alumnus, alongside Gary Ruvkun, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
Laura Lewis Jing Kong win postdoctoral mentoring award
MIT professors Laura Lewis and Jing Kong have been honored with the MIT Postdoctoral Association’s Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral…
MIT Research Translated into Real World Applications
Every day at MIT, groundbreaking solutions to some of the globe’s most pressing challenges are being developed in labs, classrooms,…
Exploring Clean Energy Solutions in Mongolia through Anthropology
In a groundbreaking collaboration in 2021, Michael Short, an associate professor specializing in nuclear science and engineering, teamed up with…
AI Simulation Offers Insight into Future Self Potential
In a preliminary user study, participants who interacted with Future You for around 30 minutes reported feeling reduced anxiety levels…
Aligning Economics and Regulations for Nuclear Reactor Tech
Meet Liam Hines ’22, a proud Floridian who embraced the Sunshine State despite moving to Sarasota only in high school.…
Effective Flood Policy Strategies and Improvement Areas
Flooding, exacerbated by extreme weather events like Hurricane Helene, costs the United States approximately $5 billion annually. This staggering figure…
MIT Introduces Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program
MIT has unveiled an innovative, interdisciplinary graduate program in music technology and computation, which showcases the Institute’s commitment to merging…
New security protocol protects cloud data from attackers
The incredible capabilities of deep-learning models are transforming industries—from diagnosing diseases in health care to predicting market trends in finance.…
Startup uses audio to sync with brainwaves for better sleep
Do you find yourself tossing and turning at night, longing for a switch to help your mind unwind and drift…
Lincoln Laboratory Wins 15 R&D 100 Awards 2024
In an impressive display of innovation, MIT Lincoln Laboratory celebrates the recognition of fifteen remarkable technologies as recipients of the…