Engineering next-generation fertilizers
MIT postdoc Giorgio Rizzo harnesses plant chemistry to design sustainable fertilizers that could reshape modern farming.
Checking the quality of materials just got easier with a new AI tool
Acting 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 code
Co-founded by an MIT alumnus, Watershed Bio offers researchers who aren’t software engineers a way to run large-scale analyses to accelerate biology.
A new system can dial expression of synthetic genes up or down
The promoter editing system could be used to fine-tune gene therapy or to more efficiently reprogram cells for therapeutic use.
Ten from School of Engineering receive 2026 Siebel Scholars award
The Siebel Scholars award is a prestigious program that recognizes outstanding students from the world’s top graduate schools in bioengineering, business, and computer science.
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and MBZUAI launch international collaboration to shape the future of AI
The MIT–MBZUAI Collaborative Research Program will unite faculty and students from both institutions to advance AI and accelerate its use in pressing scientific and societal challenges.
Riccardo Comin, two MIT alumni named 2025 Moore Experimental Physics Investigators
MIT physicist seeks to use award to study magnetoelectric multiferroics that could lead to energy-efficient storage devices.
How to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ammonia production
Proposed system would combine two kinds of plants, creating greater efficiency and lowering costs while curbing climate-changing emissions.
Using generative AI to diversify virtual training grounds for robots
New tool from MIT CSAIL creates realistic virtual kitchens and living rooms where simulated robots can interact with models of real-world objects, scaling up training data for robot foundation models.
Uncovering new physics in metals manufacturing
MIT researchers discovered a hidden atomic order that persists in metals even after extreme processing.