- Gift from Sebastian Man ’79, SM ’80 supports MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing buildingAlumnus is the first major donor to support the building since Stephen A. Schwarzman’s foundational gift.
- Bridging philosophy and AI to explore computing ethicsIn a new MIT course co-taught by EECS and philosophy professors, students tackle moral dilemmas of the digital age.
- To keep hardware safe, cut out the code’s cluesNew “Oreo” method from MIT CSAIL researchers removes footprints that reveal where code is stored before a hacker can see them.
- Creating smart buildings with privacy-first sensorsButlr, founded by former Media Lab researchers, uses insights from thermal sensors to make buildings safe and efficient.
- Mapping mRNA through its life cycle within a cellXiao Wang’s studies of how and where RNA is translated could lead to the development of better RNA therapeutics and vaccines.
- Puzzling out climate changeAccenture Fellow Shreyaa Raghavan applies machine learning and optimization methods to explore ways to reduce transportation sector emissions.
- Can deep learning transform heart failure prevention?A deep neural network called CHAIS may soon replace invasive procedures like catheterization as the new gold standard for monitoring heart health.
- Engineering joyHow the late Woodie Flowers helped create a new foundation for “the MIT way” of teaching.
- Creating a common languageNew faculty member Kaiming He discusses AI’s role in lowering barriers between scientific fields and fostering collaboration across scientific disciplines.
- Validation technique could help scientists make more accurate forecastsMIT researchers developed a new approach for assessing predictions with a spatial dimension, like forecasting weather or mapping air pollution.
- Cleaning up critical minerals and materials production, using microwave plasmaWith technology developed at MIT, 6K is helping to bring critical materials production back to the U.S. without toxic byproducts.
- MIT method enables ultrafast protein labeling of tens of millions of densely packed cellsTissue processing advance can label proteins at the level of individual cells across large samples just as fast and uniformly as in dissociated single cells.
- Streamlining data collection for improved salmon population managementAssistant Professor Sara Beery is using automation to improve monitoring of migrating salmon in the Pacific Northwest.
- 3 Questions: What the laws of physics tell us about CO2 removalIn a report on the feasibility of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, physicists say these technologies are “not a magic bullet, but also not a no-go.”
- Seeking climate connections among the oceans’ smallest organismsMIT oceanographer and biogeochemist Andrew Babbin has voyaged around the globe to investigate marine microbes and their influence on ocean health.
- David McGee named head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary SciencesSpecialist in paleoclimate and geochronology is known for contributions to education and community.
- Study in India shows kids use different math skills at work vs. schoolStudents can excel at mental math in marketplace jobs but struggle with formal math in the classroom, and vice versa.
- Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in “magic-angle” grapheneBy determining how readily electron pairs flow through this material, scientists have taken a big step toward understanding its remarkable properties.
- Timeless virtues, new technologiesEngineer and historian David Mindell’s new book provides a roadmap for thinking about the future of industry.
- Driving innovation, from Silicon Valley to DetroitDoug Field SM ’92, Ford’s chief of EVs and digital design, leads the legacy carmaker into the software-enabled, battery-propelled future.
- How telecommunications cables can image the ground beneath usBy making use of MIT’s existing fiber optic infrastructure, PhD student Hilary Chang imaged the ground underneath campus, a method that can be used to characterize seismic hazards.
- Mishael Quraishi named 2025 Churchill ScholarThe MIT senior will pursue a master’s program at Cambridge University in the UK.
