Scientists and biotech entrepreneurs help make sense of the ingredient list.

MIT-hosted panel delves into ongoing challenges for Black scholars — and ways for everyone in university settings to start making a difference.

Quantum computers could usher in a golden age of computing power, solving problems intractable on today’s machines.

The results should help scientists study the viscosity in neutron stars, the plasma of the early universe, and other strongly interacting fluids.

The longtime MIT moral philosopher was a transformational figure and “the atomic ice-breaker for women in philosophy.”

Quanta Magazine reporter Kevin Hartnett spotlights the work of graduate student Ashwin Sah, who has “produced a body of work that senior mathematicians say is nearly unprecedented for a college student.” Sah recalls how he was drawn to mathematics from a young age, noting that some of his “earliest memories are of my mom teaching me basic arithmetic.”

Professor James Fujimoto and research affiliate Eric Swanson have been named recipients of the Sanford and Sue Greenberg Prize to End Blindness. “The winners were chosen based on the strength of their contributions to eliminate blindness, the ambitious aim set out by the prize organizers in 2012.”

Assistant Professor Giovanni Traverso has been highlighted by Wired as one of 32 innovators who are changing the world. Institute Professor Robert Langer notes that Traverso is “transforming how we interact with medications, for example through the development of pills that remain in the body for multiple weeks or months to address medication non-adherence, or the creation of small, swallowable devices enabling the delivery of biologics like insulin.”

Associate Professor Tavneet Suri discusses her research exploring the effectiveness of a universal basic income (UBI). “We do think the UBI will provide some ‘insurance’ against bad events,” says Suri. “If something bad happens, you have a fallback.”