| Ultrafast AI | | | | | | A photonic processor developed at MIT uses light to perform the key operations of a deep neural network on a chip. The advance opens the door to ultrafast AI computations with extreme energy efficiency, for demanding applications like lidar, astronomical research, and navigation. Full story via MIT News → |
| Consortium led by MIT, Harvard University, and Mass General Brigham spurs development of 408 MW of renewable energy Projects in Texas and North Dakota support clean energy transition as MIT moves closer to 2026 net-zero goal. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Women’s cross country runs to first NCAA Division III National Championship MIT entered the race as the No. 1 team in the nation after winning its 17th straight NEWMAC title and its fourth straight NCAA East Regional Championship. Full story via MIT Athletics→ | |
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| What do we know about the economics of AI? Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu has long studied technology-driven growth. Here’s how he’s thinking about AI’s effect on the economy. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| A new catalyst can turn methane into something useful MIT chemical engineers have devised a way to capture methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and convert it into polymers. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Seen and heard: The new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building Opening in February 2025, the building will “give MIT musicians the conservatory-level tools they deserve,” says President Sally Kornbluth. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| 3 Questions: Claire Wang on training the brain for memory sports The MIT sophomore and award-winning memory champion explains what these competitions are all about and why you might want to build a “memory palace.” Full story via MIT News → | |
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| From glass-made concrete to North Dakota wind: Boston universities find new ways to slash carbon emissions // The Boston Globe Joe Higgins, MIT’s vice president for campus services and stewardship, discusses the Consortium for Climate Solutions, a new effort led by MIT, Harvard University, and Mass General Brigham to band together to enable the development of two large-scale renewable energy projects. “The science is telling us that we need to triple the amount of renewable energy on the power grids by 2030 and it’s not happening fast enough,” says Higgins. “It really came down to: We need new models … and how do we come together to do that with much greater impact, at a much greater speed?” Full story via The Boston Globe → |
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| A new device for delivering drugs without needles draws inspiration from the elegant squid // STAT MIT researchers developed a device, inspired by sea creatures, that can deliver drugs orally by using jets to “eject drugs into the tissue lining the digestive tract.” Associate Professor Giovanni Traverso explains: “We want to make it easier for patients to receive medication. The challenge with drugs like insulin and monoclonal antibodies is that they require an injection. That in and of itself can be a barrier for receiving that medication.” Full story via STAT → |
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| Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2025 // Times Higher Education MIT has been named to the top spot in Times Higher Education’s inaugural Interdisciplinary Science Rankings. Provost Cynthia Barnhart notes that the original design of MIT’s campus was “one large, interconnected building, and the intention was to provide our faculty and our students — all of them — opportunities to bump into one another, to share knowledge and collaborate. Then over the years, other structures, like labs and centers, institutes and, most recently, a college have been created to enable and facilitate interactions across disciplines.” Full story via Times Higher Education→ |
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| Climate change in New England may scorch summer fun, study finds // WBUR Inspired by his daily walks, Professor Elfatih Eltahir and his colleagues developed a way to measure how climate change is likely to impact the number of days when it is comfortable to be outdoors. Eltahir notes that during his strolls, he finds “people walking, jogging, cycling, and enjoying the outdoors. That’s what motivated me to start looking at how climate change could really constrain some of those activities.” Full story via WBUR → |
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In the latest episode of the Curiosity Unbounded podcast, President Sally Kornbluth speaks with Ariel White, an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Political Science. White’s recent work investigates how potential voters are affected by the criminal justice system and how they can make their way back onto the voting registries after these experiences. Together, the two discuss what information is actually available immediately following an election, the challenges of exit polls, and what efforts work in getting people to vote.
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| | | Since the 1930s, volunteers with the MIT Women’s League have come together to create three large holiday wreaths to hang at the Institute’s main entrance at 77 Mass Ave. MIT community members joined in the festivities on Tuesday. Learn more→ |
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