Professor Emeritus Frederick Hennie, expert in computation and leader within MIT EECS, dies at 90
The highly influential professor served for 25 years as executive officer of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Using AI, MIT researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates
These compounds can kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a bacterium that causes deadly infections.
Navy officer deepens her engineering and leadership skills at MIT
Through the GradEL program, Lieutenant Asia Allison is developing a deeper understanding of her own background and profile as a leader.
Nanoparticle-delivered RNA reduces neuroinflammation in lab tests
MIT researchers find that in mice and human cell cultures, lipid nanoparticles can deliver a potential therapy for inflammation in the brain, a prominent symptom in Alzheimer’s.
Image recognition accuracy: An unseen challenge confounding today’s AI
“Minimum viewing time” benchmark gauges image recognition complexity for AI systems by measuring the time needed for accurate human identification.
Computational model captures the elusive transition states of chemical reactions
Using generative AI, MIT chemists created a model that can predict the structures formed when a chemical reaction reaches its point of no return.
2.009 gets “Wild!”
Six teams of mechanical engineering students pitched “wild” products during the annual capstone course prototype launch event.
Three MIT students selected as inaugural MIT-Pillar AI Collective Fellows
The graduate students will aim to commercialize innovations in AI, machine learning, and data science.
Angela Belcher delivers 2023 Dresselhaus Lecture on evolving organisms for new nanomaterials
MIT professor combines nanoscience and viruses to develop solutions in energy, environment, and medicine.
Satellite-based method measures carbon in peat bogs
The technique could enable restoration efforts and doesn’t require labor-intensive onsite sampling.