2+ hour, 23+ min ago  (319+ words) Professor Arthur Bahr has been named head of the MIT Literature Section, effective July 1. “Arthur is an exceptional scholar and a proven leader. I am confident that he will guide the unit with judgment, insight, and a deep commitment to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (546+ words) In a new paper in Sciences Advances, the researchers showed their approach could be used to accurately predict material properties for a diverse group of metal alloys under a range of conditions. They also showed how the approach could be…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (914+ words) An auto factory worker can remember the storage bin where she left a partly assembled component the night before, and quickly return to that spot to pick it up. But robots that may work side-by-side with her would struggle to…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (230+ words) MIT News Centers, Labs, & Programs MIT affiliates win 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowships Previous image Next image The prestigious science and technology award provides each recipient with five years of financial support — a stipend and full tuition equivalent — which gives them an…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (192+ words) A number of MIT affiliates were recently honored for their research by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. J. Colin Hill ’08 shared a New Horizons in Physics Prize with Dillon Brout, Mathew Madhavacheril, Maria Vincenzi, Daniel Scolnic, and W. L. Kimmy Wu for…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (315+ words) The MIT Corporation — the Institute’s board of trustees — has elected 10 full-term members, who will serve five-year terms, and two life members. Corporation Chair Mark P. Gorenberg ’76 announced the election results today. The full-term members are: Kate A. Bergeron, Elizabeth Choe,…...

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5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (738+ words) Generative artificial intelligence models have been used to create enormous libraries of theoretical materials that could help solve all kinds of problems. Now, scientists just have to figure out how to make them. In many cases, materials synthesis is not…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (381+ words) Designing a tool to track cells in space and time “We used computational modeling to design the tool from first principles, to make sure that it was highly accurate, and compatible with imaging technology. We ran many simulations to land…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (849+ words) Sixteen MIT affiliates, including professors and alumni, have been inducted into the National Academy of Sciences for 2026. MIT faculty honorees include Bengt Holmström, Michale Fee, Gareth McKinley, Keith Nelson, Fan Wang, and Catherine Wolfram....