Meet Alex Shalek, Director of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
For Shalek, institutes like IMES are all about creating cohesive units “greater than the sum of their parts.”
Connecting the brain and the mind
Dr. Danlei Chen on her work as a postdoc at the Lewis Lab and her role as Corresponding Secretary of the MIT Postdoc Association
Where hobbits come from: tracing Homo floresiensis origins
These tiny cousins have stirred a large scientific debate; new discoveries have introduced new evidence.
From cannonballs to magic functions: Fields Medalist Maryna Viazovska presents sphere packing at the 2025 Simons Lecture Series
Viazovska: “I would think about these borders between different areas of mathematics as a bit artificial… In principle, everything has to be connected”
Harnessing the power of viruses to fight brain cancer
The drug CAN-3110 helped Kyle Donohue beat the odds. Now, it’s in clinical trials.
Computing of tomorrow
Carbon, AI, and tiny microbiome robots: MIT students imagine the “future of computing.”
Searching for superconductivity
Meet Maria Bambrick-Santoyo, an electrical engineering PhD student and superconductor researcher.
Menstruation science moonshot: MIT’s bold quest to revolutionize women’s health
Linda Griffith: “We want to create an international movement that helps us bring a lot of great science and engineering into the study of menstruation.”
Chasing impossible: MIT-DFCI Center for Glioblastoma Systems Biology hosts inaugural Glioblastoma Tumor Microenvironment Symposium
For more than twenty years, clinical trials for treating this deadly brain cancer have been at a standstill. Now, scientists have hope that they are moving towards a cure.
Zeynep Tüfekçi reminds us to look past the benchmarks
Is the tipping point of AI already behind us?
A Life Dedicated to Four Symbols
Professor Michael Sipser first heard about the problem of P vs. NP in 1974. Half a century later, he still has his mind on it.
MIT Media Lab Hosts Third Annual AI Filmmaking Hackathon
No new Terminator movies were made.
Celebrating civil and environmental engineering: Course 1 hosts 13th annual research symposium
MIT researchers present breakthroughs on climate, biodiversity, and infrastructure
Build for Ukraine: MIT Innovators Tackle Misinformation, Education, and Infrastructure Challenges
From fighting disinformation to constructing new polymers, participants worked together to solve problems for Ukraine
Let There be LiDAR: Technological Advances Shine Light on Lost Mayan City
Data from this scanning technology allowed archaeologists to uncover a civilization buried in the jungle.
MIT Integration Bee Hosts 44th Annual Competition
"Integration Bee is a very embedded part of MIT culture…It's the only place where you hear 3, 2, 1 Integrate."
Tiny Disks, Big Impact: Wireless Brain Therapy with Magnetic Nanodiscs
Your brain is a massive game of well-choreographed pinball. At every instant, a hundred billion neurons fire through a hundred trillion synaptic connections. It’s an incredibly complicated system ― and things can go wrong. In Parkinson’s disease, misfiring neurons cause tremors and uncontrollable movements. One possible treatment is Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS): using implanted electrodes that send electrical impulses to specific brain areas responsible for motor control, DBS essentially resets parts of the pinball board. By hijacking neural signals, it’s been shown to reduce symptoms and improve motor function. However, DBS’s applicability is limited by its invasiveness. The surgery can cause hemorrhages and infection, and the target, commonly a region called the subthalamic nucleus, is buried deep inside the folds of the brain.
Materials, Medicine, and Molecules: Five with ties to MIT Awarded National Medals of Science, Technology and Innovation
President Joe Biden honors five from MIT as recipients of the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
Forging ahead in alloy design using machine learning
Predicting atomic behavior in advanced alloys paves the way for targeted material design.
Play Seriously: The teaching that defines MIT’s iconic 2.009
What does it mean to “play seriously?”