news.mit.eduadded August 2026
MIT Newsby Jason Sparapani | Department of Materials Science and Engineering12 Aug 2026
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected MIT to establish and lead a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) focused on materials technologies for medical imaging...
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News12 Aug 2026
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have spotted an extremely bright red spot in the early universe. The object resembles an enormous star, spanning the size of our solar system.
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News12 Aug 2026
In extreme environments, habitats are built for survival. Submarines, Antarctic bases, and postdisaster dwellings are designed to prioritize health and safety.
MIT Newsby Sydney Campbell | Division of Graduate and Undergraduate Education11 Aug 2026
Physicists across the globe are on a quest for a particle that makes up nearly 85 percent of all matter in the universe, yet no one has ever directly detected it.
MIT Newsby Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL10 Aug 2026
Artificial intelligence models are jacks of many trades, including writing, generating images, and creating 3D models.
MIT Newsby Haley Wahl | MIT Lincoln Laboratory10 Aug 2026
On Earth, the processes behind navigation are made nearly invisible by global positioning satellites (GPS).
MIT Newsby Peter Dizikes | MIT News10 Aug 2026
In the last decade, scientists have shown that fusion energy can work, as a physical process. Next question: Can it work economically?
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News7 Aug 2026
A tall glass of ice water isn’t just a thirst quencher; it’s also an everyday example of coexisting phases. Water’s molecular makeup can exist simultaneously in both a liquid and solid phase.
MIT Newsby Zach Winn | MIT News6 Aug 2026
The same overheating problem that happens to our laptops also plagues computer servers and data centers around the world — and heat management is only getting harder as computer chips get more...
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News5 Aug 2026
To develop new targeted treatments for cancer, scientists need tissue models that accurately represent the genetic and molecular traits of the cancer they’re studying.
MIT Newsby Adam Zewe | MIT News5 Aug 2026
Super-thin superconducting materials, which are only one or a few atoms thick, have unique properties scientists can leverage to produce more compact, scalable, and efficient quantum devices.
MIT Newsby Adam Zewe | MIT News5 Aug 2026
Imagine a bottle of hazardous chemicals sitting on a laboratory shelf that changes its appearance to alert scientists that its lid is not properly secured, potentially preventing a dangerous spill.
MIT Newsby Steve Nadis | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering4 Aug 2026
Lithium-ion batteries are the leading choice in today’s electric vehicle and battery energy storage system industries, but they contain a number of critical minerals — including lithium, cobalt...
MIT Newsby Adam Zewe | MIT News3 Aug 2026
Molecules are among the smallest building blocks available for making next-generation devices. Their unique, customizable properties enable promising applications in emerging computing, sensing...
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News30 Jul 2026
Nitrogen gas is abundant in Earth’s atmosphere, but most living organisms can’t readily use this nitrogen.
MIT Newsby Danielle Randall Doughty | Department of Chemistry29 Jul 2026
Researchers in the lab of Sam Peng, the Pfizer Inc. - Gerald Laubach Career Development Assistant Professor of Chemistry at MIT and a core institute member of the Broad Institute of MIT and...
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News27 Jul 2026
After a closet cleanout, what options are there for recyling our old threads? Not many. Apart from bringing used clothes to a donation center, there is no process for recycling textiles like there...
MIT Newsby Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science22 Jul 2026
Dimitri Bertsekas PhD ’71, the Jerry McAfee (1940) Emeritus Professor in Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), a principal investigator in the...
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News21 Jul 2026
Stars and galaxies make up much of the universe’s ordinary, observable matter. But for decades, scientists have wrestled with a cosmic conflict: There should be much more.
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News17 Jul 2026
As sea levels rise due to climate change, encroaching sea water will likely make freshwater environments saltier.
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