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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a world-leading research university known for pioneering innovation in science, engineering, technology, and the humanities. Founded in 1861, MIT has been at the forefront of groundbreaking discoveries—from developing radar and computer science foundations to advancing artificial intelligence, robotics, materials science, and biotechnology. Its interdisciplinary approach fosters collaboration across physics, neuroscience, climate science, and space exploration, driving solutions to global challenges such as sustainability, healthcare, and energy. With its culture of creativity and rigorous inquiry, MIT continues to shape the future of research, education, and technological advancement worldwide.
A team of engineers has built and tested a radically new kind of airplane wing,…
Taking a cue from biological cells, scientists from MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have developed…
A new way of measuring atomic-scale magnetic fields with great precision, not only up and…
Engineers at MIT and Penn State University have found that under the right conditions, ordinary…
MIT engineers have devised a new, noninvasive way to measure the stiffness of living cells…
MIT researchers have developed a new cryptocurrency that drastically reduces the data users need to…
Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental…
Pulse pattern suggests distant black hole must be spinning at least at 50 percent the…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, has discovered a third small planet outside our solar…
Messenger RNA, which can induce cells to produce therapeutic proteins, holds great promise for treating…
For the first time, researchers from MIT and elsewhere have recorded the “temporal coherence” of…
MIT chemical engineers and neuroscientists have devised a new way to preserve biological tissue, allowing…
Researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed an ingestible capsule that…
MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable…
A class of cancer drugs called protein kinase inhibitors is one of the most effective…
Injectable material made of nanoscale particles can deliver arthritis drugs throughout cartilage. Osteoarthritis, a disease…
A new approach to controlling magnetism in a microchip could open the doors to memory,…