Thirteen MIT undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni have been awarded Fulbright fellowships to pursue projects overseas…
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Zero-trust architecture may hold the answer to cybersecurity insider threats
For years, organizations have taken a defensive “castle-and-moat” approach to cybersecurity, seeking to secure the perimeters…
Energy storage important to creating affordable, reliable, deeply decarbonized electricity systems
In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is…
Three from MIT elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2022
The National Academy of Sciences has elected 120 new members and 30 international associates, including three…
MIT Climate “Plug-In” highlights first year of progress on MIT’s climate plan
In a combined in-person and virtual event on Monday, members of the three working groups established…
MIT expands research collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build net energy fusion machine, SPARC
MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) will substantially expand its fusion energy research and education…
Study: Immigrants in the U.S. are more likely to start firms, create jobs
Immigrants to the U.S. are more likely to start businesses than native-born Americans are, according to…
Peter Fisher to step down as head of the Department of Physics
Peter H. Fisher, the Thomas A. Frank (1977) Professor of Physics, will step down as the…
Sanjay Sarma to step down as vice president for open learning
After nearly a decade running MIT’s digital learning platforms and education initiatives, Vice President for Open…
Material designed to improve power plant efficiency wins 2022 Water Innovation Prize
The winner of this year’s Water Innovation Prize is a company commercializing a material that could…