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MIT engineers have built a new desalination system that runs with the rhythms of the sun.
The solar-powered system removes salt from water at a pace that closely follows changes in solar energy. As...
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Inventive solutions to some of the world’s most critical problems are being discovered in labs, classrooms, and centers across MIT every day. Many of these solutions move from the lab to the...
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Pursuing an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program project (or two or three) is a quintessential part of the academic experience at MIT. The program, known as UROP, allows students to be “...
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The following announcement was released jointly by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the National Strategic Research Institute.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at...
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MIT Club of Greece organized an event in June that welcomed over 400 attendees, including several graduates of the 2N (Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering) program and other MIT alumni,...
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This spring, 26 MIT students and postdocs traveled to Washington to meet with congressional staffers to advocate for increased science funding for fiscal year 2025. These conversations were impactful...
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Need a moment of levity? Try watching videos of astronauts falling on the moon. NASA’s outtakes of Apollo astronauts tripping and stumbling as they bounce in slow motion are delightfully relatable....
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On April 18, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidance on airborne disease transmission that seeks to create a consensus around the terminology used to describe the transmission of...
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Highly advanced Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) language models, like ChatGPT, use deep machine learning algorithms to generate human-like, conversational text responses to prompts. The...
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Fueled by curiosity and a love of science, second-year graduate student Adi Mehrotra ’22 is working on sustainable solutions in vehicle design, including the design for a hydrogen-powered motorcycle...
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“This is a golden age of climate tech innovation,” says Vijay Vaitheeswaran ’90, global energy and climate innovation editor for The Economist. “Dealing with climate change and energy needs in a...
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To assess a community’s risk of extreme weather, policymakers rely first on global climate models that can be run decades, and even centuries, forward in time, but only at a coarse resolution. These...
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As a mechanical engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Phillip Daniel ’13, SM ’15, PhD ’22, conducts research for the US Department of Defense that involves exploring the deepest oceans and the farthest...
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In agriculture today, robots and drones can monitor fields, temperature and moisture sensors can be automated to meet crop needs, and a host of other systems and devices make farms more efficient,...
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Big ideas took the stage on Monday morning, ahead of the inauguration of MIT’s 18th president, Sally Kornbluth. As final preparations were underway on Killian Court for the afternoon’s ceremonies,...
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No two hearts beat alike. The size and shape of the the heart can vary from one person to the next. These differences can be particularly pronounced for people living with heart disease, as their...
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U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu serves as the Department of Defense’s chief technology officer. In a recent talk at MIT, she spoke about the DoD’s initiatives...
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Since 1901, MIT has offered a graduate program unlike any other at the Institute. The Naval Construction and Engineering program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering educates active duty...
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On a Monday evening early each December, Kresge Auditorium transforms into something resembling a pep rally. The sold-out crowd cheers loudly, waving colorful pom poms in the air as confetti rains...
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Want to know if the Golden Gate Bridge is holding up well? There could be an app for that.
A new study involving MIT researchers shows that mobile phones placed in vehicles, equipped with special...