Moore’s Law needs a hug. The days of stuffing transistors on little silicon computer chips are numbered, and their life rafts […]

The entirety of the known universe is teeming with an infinite number of molecules. But what fraction of these molecules have […]

Physicians often query a patient’s electronic health record for information that helps them make treatment decisions, but the cumbersome nature of […]

The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing has named Costis Daskalakis as the inaugural holder of the Avanessians Professorship. His […]

Four researchers with MIT ties — Juncal Arbelaiz, Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Sandya Subramanian, and Hannah Zlotnick ’17 — have been honored […]

For workers who use machine-learning models to help them make decisions, knowing when to trust a model’s predictions is not always […]

About a decade ago, deep-learning models started achieving superhuman results on all sorts of tasks, from beating world-champion board game players […]

More than a decade ago, Ted Adelson set out to create tactile sensors for robots that would give them a sense […]

As scientists push the boundaries of machine learning, the amount of time, energy, and money required to train increasingly complex neural […]

Scientists and engineers are constantly developing new materials with unique properties that can be used for 3D printing, but figuring out […]

Multivariable calculus, differential equations, linear algebra — topics that many MIT students can ace without breaking a sweat — have consistently […]

It is a problem that has beguiled scientists for a century. But, buoyed by a $625,000 Distinguished Early Career Award from […]

Caspar Hare and Georgia Perakis have been appointed the new associate deans of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), […]

MIT researchers have developed a method for 3D printing materials with tunable mechanical properties, that sense how they are moving and […]

Mary Ellen Zurko remembers the feeling of disappointment. Not long after earning her bachelor’s degree from MIT, she was working her […]

To help combat climate change, many car manufacturers are racing to add more electric vehicles in their lineups. But to convince […]

As it continues in its mission to improve global health through the development and implementation of biomedical innovation, the MIT Center […]

When the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center (LLSC) unveiled its TX-GAIA supercomputer in 2019, it provided the MIT community a powerful new resource […]

Zeolites are a class of minerals used in everything from industrial catalysts and chemical filters to laundry detergents and cat litter. […]

Human languages are notoriously complex, and linguists have long thought it would be impossible to teach a machine how to analyze […]

The first step in choosing the appropriate treatment for a cancer patient is to identify their specific type of cancer, including […]

Over the past few decades, very few new antibiotics have been developed, largely because current methods for screening potential drugs are […]

Training a machine-learning model to effectively perform a task, such as image classification, involves showing the model thousands, millions, or even […]

The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) has awarded a 2022 J-WAFS Solutions grant to Patrick S. Doyle, […]

The internet had a collective feel-good moment with the introduction of DALL-E, an artificial intelligence-based image generator inspired by artist Salvador […]

The health of the planet is one of the most important challenges facing humankind today. From climate change to unsafe levels […]

The world is facing a maternal health crisis. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 810 women die each day due […]

For over 40 years, the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program (MSYEP, or the Mayor’s Program) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been providing teenagers […]

Parkinson’s disease is the fastest-growing neurological disease, now affecting more than 10 million people worldwide, yet clinicians still face huge challenges […]

Tool use has long been a hallmark of human intelligence, as well as a practical problem to solve for a vast […]

Although Fernanda De La Torre still has several years left in her graduate studies, she’s already dreaming big when it comes […]

The AI Policy Forum (AIPF) is an initiative of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing to move the global conversation about […]

The MIT School of Engineering and Pillar VC today announced the MIT-Pillar AI Collective, a one-year pilot program funded by a […]

Neurodegenerative diseases — like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease), Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s — are complicated, chronic ailments that […]

Microcontrollers, miniature computers that can run simple commands, are the basis for billions of connected devices, from internet-of-things (IoT) devices to […]

MIT is famous as a factory of ideas. You could also call MIT a factory for learning. But for one group […]

Ask a smart home device for the weather forecast, and it takes several seconds for the device to respond. One reason […]

Topological materials, an exotic class of materials whose surfaces exhibit different electrical or functional properties than their interiors, have been a […]

AI image generators, which create fantastical sights at the intersection of dreams and reality, bubble up on every corner of the […]

Imagine the booming chords from a pipe organ echoing through the cavernous sanctuary of a massive, stone cathedral. The sound a […]