Self-powered sensor automatically harvests magnetic energy
A system designed at MIT could allow sensors to operate in remote settings, without batteries.
Stratospheric safety standards: How aviation could steer regulation of AI in health
An interdisciplinary team of researchers thinks health AI could benefit from some of the aviation industry’s long history of hard-won lessons that have created one of the safest activities today.
The art of being FLI
The MIT First Generation/Low Income Program provides undergraduates with community, resources, and support as they navigate MIT.
K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research Center will prioritize innovations for resource-constrained communities
Collaborative hub founded by philanthropist Lisa Yang will catalyze academic innovation and result in real-world, global impact.
Soaring high, in the Army and the lab
After three deployments in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Jill Rahon is pursuing research that will help verify conformation to nuclear treaties.
3 Questions: Implementing the MIT Graduate Student Union’s collective bargaining agreement
Ian Waitz describes the three-year contract that will change and enhance MIT’s graduate student policies and procedures.
Diving into nuclear submarines
MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering creates a course for the Australian Submarine Agency.
Turning history of science into a comic adventure
Associate Professor Lydia Bourouiba and artist Argha Manna take readers through a series of discoveries in infectious disease.
Researchers release open-source space debris model
The MIT Orbital Capacity Assessment Tool lets users model the long-term future space environment.
Richard Wiesman, professor of the practice in mechanical engineering, dies at age 69
A highly respected educator and mentor with a distinguished industry career, Wiesman inspired generations of mechanical engineering students.