Building an understanding of how drivers interact with emerging vehicle technologies
The MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology Consortium provides data-driven insights into driver behavior, along with trust in AI and advance vehicle technology.
MIT researchers develop an efficient way to train more reliable AI agents
The technique could make AI systems better at complex tasks that involve variability.
Advancing urban tree monitoring with AI-powered digital twins
The Tree-D Fusion system integrates generative AI and genus-conditioned algorithms to create precise simulation-ready models of 600,000 existing urban trees across North America.
3 Questions: Claire Wang on training the brain for memory sports
The MIT sophomore and award-winning memory champion explains what these competitions are all about and why you might want to build a “memory palace.”
A nonflammable battery to power a safer, decarbonized future
The startup Alsym Energy, co-founded by Professor Kripa Varanasi, is hoping its batteries can link renewables with the industrial sector and beyond.
Tunable ultrasound propagation in microscale metamaterials
New framework advances experimental capabilities, including design and characterization, of microscale acoustic metamaterials.
A bioinspired capsule can pump drugs directly into the walls of the GI tract
The needle-free device could be used to deliver insulin, antibodies, RNA, or other large molecules.
Can robots learn from machine dreams?
MIT CSAIL researchers used AI-generated images to train a robot dog in parkour, without real-world data. Their LucidSim system demonstrates generative AI's potential for creating robotics training data.
Turning automotive engines into modular chemical plants to make green fuels
The MIT spinout Emvolon is placing its repurposed engines next to methane sources, to generate greener methanol and other chemicals.
Four from MIT named 2025 Rhodes Scholars
Yiming Chen ’24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo will start postgraduate studies at Oxford next fall.