MIT announces 2023 Bose Grants for daring new research
Grants fund studies of honeybee tracking, glass building materials, and defining excellence in human movement.
Studying cancer in context to stop its growth
MIT spinout Kronos Bio, founded by Associate Professor Angela Koehler, studies the complex signaling networks of cancer cells to find new drug targets.
Giving students the computational chops to tackle 21st-century challenges
With the growing use of AI in many disciplines, the popularity of MIT’s four “blended” majors has intensified.
Decoding the complexity of Alzheimer’s disease
By analyzing epigenomic and gene expression changes that occur in Alzheimer’s disease, researchers identify cellular pathways that could become new drug targets.
MIT welcomes nine MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2023-24
Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars will enhance and enrich the MIT community through engagement with students and faculty.
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water
MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.
From physics to generative AI: An AI model for advanced pattern generation
Inspired by physics, a new generative model PFGM++ outperforms diffusion models in image generation.
Five MIT faculty members named 2023 Simons Investigators
The program supports “outstanding theoretical scientists.”
3 Questions: A new PhD program from the Center for Computational Science and Engineering
Co-directors Youssef Marzouk and Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou describe how the standalone degree aims to train students in cross-cutting aspects of computational science and engineering.
3 Questions: The first asteroid sample returned to Earth
Richard Binzel describes how asteroid dirt and dust delivered by OSIRIS-Rex, with help from MIT, may reveal clues to the solar system’s origins.