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Joined April 2012
MIT has been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings for the 14th year in a row.
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MIT was named the top university in the world in the QS World University Rankings for the 14th straight year. The Institute was also ranked the world’s top university in 11 subject areas.
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MIT has launched a new website, MIT Learn, for its non-degree learning opportunities, making it easier for people around the world to discover the courses and resources available.
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The AI-enabled MIT Learn is a hub for the Institute’s lifelong learning opportunities, offering over 12,700 educational resources — including introductory and advanced courses, courseware, videos,...
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The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (HEALS) is launching the Biswas Postdoctoral Fellowship Program to support exceptional postdocs dedicated to innovation in human health care.
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The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS) is launching the Biswas Postdoctoral Fellowship Program to advance the work of outstanding early career researchers in health and life...
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Perch, a fitness startup co-founded by @MITMechE alum Jacob Rothman ’16, provides users with a new way to monitor and analyze weight room performance.
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Jacob Rothman ’16 has cofounded a fitness startup with others from MIT.Read more
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A team, including researchers from @MITAeroAstro and LIDS, developed a new AI system that helps people plan complex trips more effectively.
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A team, including researchers from @MITMechE, @MITIDSS, and LIDS, developed a new control system that could help autonomous drones stay on target in uncertain environments, like instances of gusty winds.
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A new adaptive control system for autonomous drones minimizes trajectory tracking error. It uses AI to approximate the unknown forces that could affect the drone’s flight path and automatically pick...
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A team, including researchers from @MITEECS, developed a method that could help animators create more realistic bouncy, stretchy, and squishy characters for movies and video games.
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In a new @ScienceMagazine paper, a team, including researchers from @MITEECS, developed a novel photonic chip that is faster, cheaper, and more energy-efficient than other AI hardware accelerators.
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MIT researchers developed a photonic AI hardware accelerator designed specifically to handle wireless signal processing, reducing latency. Their architecture encodes and processes data using light to...
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In a new @NatureWaterJnl paper, a team, including researchers from @MITMechE and @MIT_CEE, developed a device that can convert vapor from air into safe drinking water anywhere—even in Death Valley.
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MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that captures water vapor and produces safe drinking water across a range of relative humidities, including dry desert air.
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A team, including researchers from @MITMechE, developed a pill for schizophrenia treatment that can be taken just once a week and gradually releases medication from within the stomach.
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MIT researchers developed a pill that can be taken once a week instead of daily, gradually releasing medication from within the stomach. In a phase 3 clinical trial, the treatment maintained consis...
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In his new book, “Data, Systems, and Society: Harnessing AI for Societal Good,” @MITEECS Prof. Munther Dahleh details an approach called "transdisciplinary" research, where experts from different fields work closely together to solve the world’s problems.
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“Data, Systems, and Society: Harnessing AI for Societal Good,” a book by MIT Professor Munther Dahleh, details the creation of the MIT Institute for Data, Systems and Society, a unique transdiscipl...
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Guardian Ag, a company founded by MITERS maker Adam Bercu and @MITMechE alum Charles Guan ’11, is building drones to more safely and sustainably apply fertilizers and pesticides on farms.
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Jenna Houle ‘25, a recent graduate from @MITdeptofBE and @MIT_DMSE, received the 2025 Henry Ford II Scholar Award. 📸: Conor McArdle.
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A team, including researchers from @MITChemE, developed the world’s first nanosensor capable of monitoring a plant’s primary growth hormone in real-time and without harming the plant.
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Researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology developed the world’s first near-infrared fluorescent nanosensor capable of monitoring a plant’s primary growth hormone in...
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MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center has launched the Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies, or LMNT, designed to speed up the discovery and selection of materials for a variety of fusion power plant components.
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The new Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies (LMNT) at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center accelerates fusion materials testing using cyclotron proton beam irradiation,...
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A team, including researchers from @MIT_CEE, has discovered that aquatic areas with surfaces covered in biofilms are less likely to trap microplastics compared to bare, sandy areas.
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In a new @CellCellPress paper, a team, including researchers from @MITMechE, has developed a process to produce hydrogen gas with soda cans and seawater, in a way that is more sustainable and can be applied at an industrial scale.
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MIT engineers find making hydrogen from soda cans and seawater is scalable and sustainable. Their method’s overall carbon emissions are on par with those of other green hydrogen technologies.
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A team, including researchers from @MITEECS and @MIT_CSAIL, developed a new drawing system that can turn natural language prompts into sketches in a few seconds.
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The SketchAgent drawing system can make simple sketches stroke-by-stroke, turning natural-language prompts into drawings in a few seconds, or taking turns doodling individual parts of a concept with...
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A team, including researchers from MIT MechE, has a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model would help explain the brain’s massive storage capacity.
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