- School of Engineering welcomes new faculty in 2024-25The newest MIT engineering faculty are conducting research across a diverse range of subject areas.
- MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes 11 new faculty for 2025The faculty members occupy core computing and shared positions, bringing varied backgrounds and expertise to the MIT community.
- Lincoln Laboratory and Haystack Observatory team up to unveil hidden parts of the galaxyA proposed telescope made of thousands of tiny, identical satellites will work together to reveal low-frequency radio waves in space.
- New software designs eco-friendly clothing that can reassemble into new itemsTo reduce waste, the Refashion program helps users create outlines for adaptable clothing, such as pants that can be reconfigured into a dress. Each component of these pieces can be replaced, rearranged, or restyled.
- In a surprising discovery, scientists find tiny loops in the genomes of dividing cellsEnabled by a new high-resolution mapping technique, the findings overturn a long-held belief that the genome loses its 3D structure when cells divide.
- Book reviews technologies aiming to remove carbon from the atmosphereIn “Carbon Removal,” Howard Herzog and Niall MacDowell assess proposed methods of removing carbon already in the atmosphere as a means of mitigating climate change.
- Breaking the old model of education with MIT Open LearningFree MIT study materials enabled 16-year-old Vivan Mirchandani’s nontraditional learning path, opening up scientific research and academic opportunities.
- Method teaches generative AI models to locate personalized objectsAfter being trained with this technique, vision-language models can better identify a unique item in a new scene.
- Darcy McRose and Mehtaab Sawhney ’20, PhD ’24 named 2025 Packard Fellows for Science and EngineeringMcRose, an environmental microbiologist, is recognized for researching the ecological roles of antibiotics in shaping ecosystems, agriculture, and health.
- MIT-Toyota collaboration powers driver assistance in millions of vehiclesA decade-plus alliance between MIT’s AgeLab and Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center is recognized as a key contributor to advancements in automotive safety and human-machine interaction.
- MIT engineers solve the sticky-cell problem in bioreactors and other industriesTheir system uses electrochemically generated bubbles to detach cells from surfaces, which could accelerate the growth of carbon-absorbing algae and lifesaving cell therapies.
- Why some quantum materials stall while others scaleIn a new study, MIT researchers evaluated quantum materials’ potential for scalable commercial success — and identified promising candidates.
- Earthquake damage at deeper depths occurs long after initial activityWhile the Earth’s upper crust recovers quickly from seismic activity, new research finds the mid-crust recovers much more slowly, if at all.
- Engineering next-generation fertilizersMIT postdoc Giorgio Rizzo harnesses plant chemistry to design sustainable fertilizers that could reshape modern farming.
- Optimizing food subsidies: Applying digital platforms to maximize nutritionAn algorithm can change the face of food assistance policy in the Global South, says MIT assistant professor and J-WAFS researcher Ali Aouad.
- Checking the quality of materials just got easier with a new AI toolActing as a “virtual spectrometer,” SpectroGen generates spectroscopic data in any modality, such as X-ray or infrared, to quickly assess a material’s quality.
- Helping scientists run complex data analyses without writing codeCo-founded by an MIT alumnus, Watershed Bio offers researchers who aren’t software engineers a way to run large-scale analyses to accelerate biology.
- New MIT initiative seeks to transform rare brain disorders researchThe Rare Brain Disorders Nexus aims to accelerate the development of novel therapies for a spectrum of uncommon brain diseases.
- Geologists discover the first evidence of 4.5-billion-year-old “proto Earth”Materials from ancient rocks could reveal conditions in the early solar system that shaped the early Earth and other planets.
- A new system can dial expression of synthetic genes up or downThe promoter editing system could be used to fine-tune gene therapy or to more efficiently reprogram cells for therapeutic use.
- MIT releases financials and endowment figures for 2025The Institute’s pooled investments returned 14.8 percent last year; endowment stands at $27.4 billion.
- Ray Kurzweil ’70 reinforces his optimism in tech progressReceiving the Robert A. Muh award, the technologist and author heralded a bright future for AI, breakthroughs in longevity, and more.
- Gene-Wei Li named associate head of the Department of BiologyThe associate professor aims to help the department continue to be a worldwide leader in education, biological sciences, and fundamental research.
- Immune-informed brain aging research offers new treatment possibilities, speakers saySpeakers at MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative symposium described how immune system factors during aging contribute to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other conditions. The field is leveraging that knowledge to develop new therapies.
