Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on new pathways to decarbonizing...
Note: This is the third article in a four-part interview series highlighting the work of the 27 MIT Climate Grand Challenges finalist teams, which received a total of $2.7 million in startup funding to...
View ArticleOcean vital signs
Without the ocean, the climate crisis would be even worse than it is. Each year, the ocean absorbs billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere, preventing warming that greenhouse gas would otherwise...
View ArticleQ&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on using data and science to forecast...
Note: This is the final article in a four-part interview series featuring the work of the 27 MIT Climate Grand Challenges finalist teams, which received a total of $2.7 million in startup funding to...
View ArticleMIT’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, found a reference to MIT’s FutureMakers Create-a-thon. Ewnetu had heard that it’s hard to detect bias in...
View ArticleComputing our climate future
On Monday, MIT announced five multiyear flagship projects in the first-ever Climate Grand Challenges, a new initiative to tackle complex climate problems and deliver breakthrough solutions to the world...
View ArticleLooking forward to forecast the risks of a changing climate
On April 11, MIT announced five multiyear flagship projects in the first-ever Climate Grand Challenges, a new initiative to tackle complex climate problems and deliver breakthrough solutions to the...
View ArticleEmpowering people to adapt on the frontlines of climate change
On April 11, MIT announced five multiyear flagship projects in the first-ever Climate Grand Challenges, a new initiative to tackle complex climate problems and deliver breakthrough solutions to the...
View ArticleUsing plant biology to address climate change
On April 11, MIT announced five multiyear flagship projects in the first-ever Climate Grand Challenges, a new initiative to tackle complex climate problems and deliver breakthrough solutions to the...
View ArticleAt Climate Grand Challenges showcase event, an exploration of how to...
On the eve of Earth Day, almost 300 faculty, researchers, students, government officials, and industry leaders gathered in the Samberg Conference Center, along with thousands more who tuned in online,...
View ArticleMaterial designed to improve power plant efficiency wins 2022 Water...
The winner of this year’s Water Innovation Prize is a company commercializing a material that could dramatically improve the efficiency of power plants.The company, Mesophase, is developing a more...
View ArticleMIT Research Slam showcases postdoc and PhD communication skills
Can you tell the story of a complex research project in only three minutes? Could a presentation emerge from extreme time compression transformed like a diamond from coal? The MIT Research Slam Public...
View ArticleSolar-powered desalination device wins MIT $100K competition
The winner of this year’s MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition is commercializing a new water desalination technology.Nona Desalination says it has developed a device capable of producing enough...
View ArticleStudent robot competition honors the legacy of the late beloved professor,...
Every year, the student robot competition in class 2.007 (Design and Manufacturing I) is centered around a unifying theme. From “Star Wars” to“Back to the Future”and “Willy Wonka,” the theme is...
View ArticleMaking the case for “fake lawyering”
Most people wouldn’t put the words “MIT” and “lawyer” in the same sentence. In fact, only 1,393 alumni — about 1 percent — are lawyers, according to the MIT Alumni Association. But a contingent of MIT...
View ArticleMIT design for Mars propellant production trucks wins NASA competition
Using the latest technologies currently available, it takes over 25,000 tons of rocket hardware and propellant to land 50 tons of anything on the planet Mars. So, for NASA’s first crewed mission to...
View ArticlePassion projects prepare to launch
At the start of the sixth annual MITdesignX “Pitch Day,” Svafa Grönfeldt, the program’s faculty director, made a point of noting that many of the teams about to showcase their ventures had changed...
View ArticleMIT’s solar car team wins American Solar Challenge for the second year in a row
Many feel a lift when the sun comes out, but most won’t break out in song and dance — unless, of course, they’re on MIT’s Solar Electric Vehicle Team. The team relied on 100 percent solar energy to...
View ArticleProtecting maternal health in Rwanda
The world is facing a maternal health crisis. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 810 women die each day due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Two-thirds...
View ArticleSimulating neutron behavior in nuclear reactors
Amelia Trainer applied to MIT because she lost a bet.As part of what the fourth-year nuclear science and engineering (NSE) doctoral student labels her “teenage rebellious phase,” Trainer was quite...
View ArticleMADMEC winner identifies sustainable greenhouse-cooling materials
The winners of this year’s MADMEC competition identified a class of materials that could offer a more efficient way to keep greenhouses cool.After Covid-19 put the materials science competition on...
View ArticleMath enthusiasts take aim at STEM glass ceiling
A good math problem is like a walled, secret garden, according to Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) head and MIT Professor Asu Ozdaglar, who was addressing an audience of...
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Pesticide innovation takes top prize at Collegiate Inventors Competition
On Oct. 12, MIT mechanical engineering alumnus Vishnu Jayaprakash SM '19, PhD '22 was named the first-place winner in the graduate category of the Collegiate Inventors Competition. The annual...
View ArticleQ&A: MIT competitive programmers on going the distance
When you think of computer programmers, you might picture a lone coder, sitting in a cubicle, bathed in flickering light. But you should picture a team — in MIT’s case, a joyous, triumphant team of...
View ArticleMIT wins world finals of the 45th International Collegiate Programming Contest
On Nov. 10, MIT’s team of student coders made history by winning the globe’s oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest — the world finals of the International Collegiate Programming...
View ArticleMaking math fun by prepping for friendly competition
Mark Saengrungkongka, a first-year MIT undergraduate student, stood at the blackboard and explained his solution to a math problem similar to the ones that might appear on the William Lowell Putnam...
View ArticleMIT Science Bowl Club hosts invitational event
“I have many classes in this auditorium, and I’ve never seen it as full as it is this morning,” said Anka Hu, a senior majoring in mathematics and president of the MIT Science Bowl Club, in her opening...
View ArticleMIT announces five flagship projects in first-ever Climate Grand Challenges...
MIT today announced the five flagship projects selected in its first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition. These multiyear projects will define a dynamic research agenda focused on unraveling some...
View ArticleDeveloping electricity-powered, low-emissions alternatives to...
On April 11, 2022, MIT announced five multiyear flagship projects in the first-ever Climate Grand Challenges, a new initiative to tackle complex climate problems and deliver breakthrough solutions to...
View ArticleClass opens the door to a new world of mechanical engineering
When Peter Williams was taking 2.002 (Mechanics and Materials II) this past semester, he won a trophy whose height is approximately equal to the width of three human hairs. Rather than feeling...
View ArticleMIT Solve announces 2023 global challenges and Indigenous Communities Fellowship
MIT Solve, an MIT initiative with a mission to drive innovation to solve world challenges, announced today the 2023 Global Challenges and the Indigenous Communities Fellowship. Solve invites anyone...
View ArticleMIT Press announces new initiative to increase the reach of academic scholarship
In keeping with its mission and longstanding commitment to increase access to scholarship, the MIT Press is pleased to announce shift+OPEN. This new initiative is designed to flip existing...
View ArticleMIT wins 83rd Putnam Mathematical Competition, sweeps top five spots for...
The MIT math dynasty continues to break records for its performance in the annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. For the third year in a row, MIT students corralled all five of the top...
View ArticleRobot armies duke it out in Battlecode’s epic on-screen battles
In a packed room in MIT’s Stata Center, hundreds of digital robots collide across a giant screen projected at the front of the room. A crowd of students in the audience gasps and cheers as the battle’s...
View ArticleThird annual MIT Research Slam showcase highlights PhD and postdoc...
An 80,000 word PhD thesis would take many hours to present. MIT Research Slam competitors get three minutes.The finalists of the 2023 MIT Research Slam competition met head-to-head on April 19 at a...
View Article2.007 Forever!
On Tuesday evening, fans of all ages came to MIT’s Johnson Athletics Center to cheer on their favorite competitors as they took the arena, two at a time, in head-to-head contests that called for feats...
View ArticlePolymer Day 2023 showcases interdisciplinary innovation
Chemical “upcycling,” or converting plastics into higher-value products, to the left. Materials that repair damage and restore themselves to the right. Straight ahead: fibers that can be woven into...
View ArticleEnvisioning the future of computing
How will advances in computing transform human society?MIT students contemplated this impending question as part of the Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize— an essay contest in which they were...
View ArticleGamifying medical data labeling to advance AI
When Erik Duhaime PhD ’19 was working on his thesis in MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence, he noticed his wife, then a medical student, spending hours studying on apps that offered flash cards...
View Article3 Questions: What’s it like winning the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition?
Solar power plays a major role in nearly every roadmap for global decarbonization. But solar panels are large, heavy, and expensive, which limits their deployment. But what if solar panels looked more...
View ArticleMIT’s Justin Yu wins Classic Tetris World Championship
If you have 59 seconds to devote to pure joy, you won't regret watching this video clip of Justin “Fractal” Yu, an MIT junior who, on Oct. 15, became the top classic Tetris player in the world by...
View ArticleA new record for Math Prize for Girls wins
Florida Virtual School senior Jessica Wan was the winner of the 15th Math Prize for Girls (MP4G) annual contest for female-identifying contestants, held Oct. 6-8 at MIT. She scored 17 out of 20...
View ArticleDesigning cleaner vehicles
Adi Mehrotra knew that his time at MIT wasn’t up yet when he finished his undergraduate degree in 2022. During his first four years at the Institute, he was a critical member of the Solar Electric...
View ArticleThe Beaver visits Father Sky: Meet MIT’s First Nations Launch team
Earlier this year, MIT’s First Nations Launch team participated in the 2023 First Nations Launch, an international NASA-Artemis Student Challenge hosted by the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium that...
View ArticleStudents pitch transformative ideas in generative AI at MIT Ignite competition
This semester, students and postdocs across MIT were invited to submit ideas for the first-ever MIT Ignite: Generative AI Entrepreneurship Competition. Over 100 teams submitted proposals for startups...
View ArticleAI meets climate: MIT Energy and Climate Hack 2023
The MIT Energy and Climate Hack brought together participants from myriad fields and disciplines to develop rapid, innovative solutions to one of the most complex challenges facing society today: the...
View ArticleMADMEC winner creates “temporary tattoos” for T-shirts
Have you ever gotten a free T-shirt at an event that you never wear? What about a music or sports-themed shirt you wear to one event and then lose interest in entirely? Such one-off T-shirts — and the...
View ArticleMIT students win national materials design competition
Two MIT undergrads recently took the top spot — and $2,000 in prize money to share — in the annual ASM Materials Education Foundation’s 2023 Undergraduate Design Competition. Louise Anderfaas and Darsh...
View ArticleMIT Solve announces 2024 Global Challenges and Indigenous Communities Fellowship
The driving mission of MIT Solve is inviting new voices and proposed solutions to world problems as a way to achieve a more sustainable and equitable future for all. To that end, Solve recently...
View ArticleFour-peat: MIT students take first place in the 84th Putnam Math Competition
For the fourth time in the history of the annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, and for the fourth year in a row, all five of the top spots in the contest, known as Putnam Fellows,...
View ArticleUnlocking the quantum future
Quantum computing is the next frontier for faster and more powerful computing technologies. It has the potential to better optimize routes for shipping and delivery, speed up battery development for...
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