- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- Introducing the MIT Generative AI Impact ConsortiumThe consortium will bring researchers and industry together to focus on impact.
- User-friendly system can help developers build more efficient simulations and AI modelsBy automatically generating code that leverages two types of data redundancy, the system saves bandwidth, memory, and computation.
- With generative AI, MIT chemists quickly calculate 3D genomic structuresA new approach, which takes minutes rather than days, predicts how a specific DNA sequence will arrange itself in the cell nucleus.
- MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zoneNew research could improve the safety of drone shows, warehouse robots, and self-driving cars.
- Rare and mysterious cosmic explosion: Gamma-ray burst or jetted tidal disruption event?Researchers characterize the peculiar Einstein Probe transient EP240408a.
- Smart carbon dioxide removal yields economic and environmental benefitsMIT study finds a diversified portfolio of carbon dioxide removal options delivers the best return on investment.
- New training approach could help AI agents perform better in uncertain conditionsSometimes, it might be better to train a robot in an environment that’s different from the one where it will be deployed.
- Kingdoms collide as bacteria and cells form captivating connectionsStudying the pathogen R. parkeri, researchers discovered the first evidence of extensive and stable interkingdom contacts between a pathogen and a eukaryotic organelle.
- Is this the new playbook for curing rare childhood diseases?When his son received a devastating diagnosis, Fernando Goldsztein MBA ’03 founded an initiative to help him and others.
- How good old mud can lower building costsBuilders pour concrete into temporary molds called formwork. MIT researchers invented a way to make these structures out of on-site soil.
- Building resiliencyIn a new book, Lawrence Vale spotlights projects from around the globe that help insulate communities from climate shocks.
- A new vaccine approach could help combat future coronavirus pandemicsThe nanoparticle-based vaccine shows promise against many variants of SARS-CoV-2, as well as related sarbecoviruses that could jump to humans.
- Toward video generative models of the molecular worldStarting with a single frame in a simulation, a new system uses generative AI to emulate the dynamics of molecules, connecting static molecular structures and developing blurry pictures into videos.
- Physicists discover — and explain — unexpected magnetism in an atomically thin materialThe work introduces a new platform for studying quantum materials.
