Boosting rocket reliability at the material level

The success of the SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable launch vehicle has been one of the most…

Merging science and systems thinking to make materials more sustainable

For Professor Elsa Olivetti, tackling a problem as large and complex as climate change requires not…

Future Leaders in Aerospace prepares the next generation for research careers

MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) recently hosted the 2023 Future Leaders in Aerospace Symposium,…

A new wave of treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease, the appalling and baffling degenerative brain illness that plagues many elderly people, may be…

How to decarbonize the world, at scale

The world in recent years has largely been moving on from debates about the need to…

Generating opportunities with generative AI

Talking with retail executives back in 2010, Rama Ramakrishnan came to two realizations. First, although retail…

Edward Crawley: A career of education, service, and exploration

Arriving as an undergraduate in the 1970s, working through his master’s and doctoral degrees, and then…

Organizing “spaghetti” software so it can be easily modified

As a software engineer, Dan Sturtevant SM ’08, PhD ’13 had jobs where making a small…

Twelve with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023

The National Academy of Medicine announced the election of 100 new members to join their esteemed…

Studying cancer in context to stop its growth

Proteins called transcription factors are like molecular traffic cops that tell genes when to stop and…