MITdesignX and MISTI in Dubai

MIT has nurtured and celebrated its entrepreneurial culture for decades, with programs and courses supporting innovative…

Q&A: A blueprint for sustainable innovation

Atacama Biomaterials is a startup combining architecture, machine learning, and chemical engineering to create eco-friendly materials…

Building technology that empowers city residents

Kwesi Afrifa came to MIT from his hometown of Accra, Ghana, in 2020 to pursue an…

MIT Generative AI Week fosters dialogue across disciplines

In late November, faculty, staff, and students from across MIT participated in MIT Generative AI Week.…

Building on an enduring bond

Robert Robinson Taylor’s impressive legacy straddles two institutions. There’s MIT, where he studied architecture and became…

Making life friendlier with personal robots

“As a child, I wished for a robot that would explain others’ emotions to me” says…

Technologies for water conservation and treatment move closer to commercialization

The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) provides Solutions Grants to help MIT…

Not your grandparents’ “Monopoly”

On an otherwise sleepy Friday in late June, one corner of MIT’s Hayden Library was abuzz…

New sensor mimics cell membrane functions

Drawing inspiration from natural sensory systems, an MIT-led team has designed a novel sensor that could…

Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design

Anyone who has ever perspired on a hot summer day understands the principle — and critical value —…