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“Allowing a robot to know what it doesn’t know is going to be essential for this technology to be deployed safely and have a positive impact on society,” says Luca Carlone.

Clearing up a robot’s fuzzy memory

11.05.26
Featured video: Changing the conversation about endometriosis

Featured video: Changing the conversation about endometriosis

11.03.26
Andrew Voelsing values the way MIT brings together people with different interests, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, and he hopes to be someone who helps those people connect.

“Somebody’s got to do it. Why not me?”

11.10.26
MIT researchers developed a new way to control how nanoparticles come together to create high-performing materials for photonics, chemical catalysis, medicine, agriculture, and more.

A flexible new route to designer materials built from nanoparticles

11.02.26
“Through the Minerals Stewardship Consortium and engagement across campus, MIT can bring together stakeholders to identify priorities, coordinate efforts, and ensure we help build competitive, resilient supply chains,” says Professor Elsa Olivetti.

3 Questions: Building more resilient minerals supply chains

11.03.26
ARES, a robot created by the MIT Combat Robotics Club “from steel, titanium, aluminum, and passion,” faces off against CHONKIV, a shuffling shell spinner built by students from Georgia Tech.

Dream, build, destroy, repeat

11.04.26
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“The idea is to tap into the brains of the designers and get them to infuse their domain knowledge as the design evolves,” Josephine Carstensen says.

New AI “copilot” helps engineers design better structures

11.13.26