Neurodegenerative diseases are defined by an increasingly widespread and debilitating death of nervous system cells, but…
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Multiplying the MIT $100K’s impact
In two weeks, students will gather in Kresge Auditorium for the 26th annual MIT $100K Entrepreneurship…
Providing hands-on photonics education across Massachusetts
Photonics — the science of guiding and manipulating light — enables applications ranging from telecommunications, artificial…
Professor Emeritus Markus Zahn, who specialized in electromagnetic field interactions, dies at 75
Markus Zahn, the Thomas and Gerd Perkins Professor of Electrical Engineering (Emeritus) within the MIT Department…
Engineers enlist AI to help scale up advanced solar cell manufacturing
Perovskites are a family of materials that are currently the leading contender to potentially replace today’s…
MIT’s FutureMakers programs help kids get their minds around — and hands on — AI
As she was looking for a camp last summer, Yabesra Ewnetu, who’d just finished eighth grade,…
Engineered bacteria could help protect “good” gut microbes from antibiotics
Antibiotics are life-saving drugs, but they can also harm the beneficial microbes that live in the…
Finding the questions that guide MIT fusion research
“One of the things I learned was, doing good science isn’t so much about finding the…
MIT Energy Conference focuses on climate’s toughest challenges
This year’s MIT Energy Conference, the largest student-led event of its kind, included keynote talks and…
Dan Huttenlocher ponders our human future in an age of artificial intelligence
What does it mean to be human in an age where artificial intelligence agents make decisions…