- MIT Maritime Consortium releases “Nuclear Ship Safety Handbook”First-of-its-kind handbook serves as a guide for design safety for civilian nuclear ships.
- Solar energy startup Active Surfaces wins inaugural PITCH.nano competitionTwelve START.nano companies competed for the grand prize of nanoBucks to be used at MIT.nano’s facilities.
- MIT Global Seed Funds catalyze research in over 20 countriesLaunched in 2008, the program has expanded exponentially and spent $30 million on high-impact research.
- Alan Whitney, MIT Haystack Observatory radio astronomer who pioneered very long baseline interferometry, dies at 81Longtime research scientist who served as associate director and interim director helped guide Haystack to decades of influential leadership in the development and refinement of the VLBI technique.
- School of Engineering welcomes new faculty in 2024-25The newest MIT engineering faculty are conducting research across a diverse range of subject areas.
- MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes 11 new faculty for 2025The faculty members occupy core computing and shared positions, bringing varied backgrounds and expertise to the MIT community.
- Lincoln Laboratory and Haystack Observatory team up to unveil hidden parts of the galaxyA proposed telescope made of thousands of tiny, identical satellites will work together to reveal low-frequency radio waves in space.
- New software designs eco-friendly clothing that can reassemble into new itemsTo reduce waste, the Refashion program helps users create outlines for adaptable clothing, such as pants that can be reconfigured into a dress. Each component of these pieces can be replaced, rearranged, or restyled.
- Book reviews technologies aiming to remove carbon from the atmosphereIn “Carbon Removal,” Howard Herzog and Niall MacDowell assess proposed methods of removing carbon already in the atmosphere as a means of mitigating climate change.
- Breaking the old model of education with MIT Open LearningFree MIT study materials enabled 16-year-old Vivan Mirchandani’s nontraditional learning path, opening up scientific research and academic opportunities.
- Darcy McRose and Mehtaab Sawhney ’20, PhD ’24 named 2025 Packard Fellows for Science and EngineeringMcRose, an environmental microbiologist, is recognized for researching the ecological roles of antibiotics in shaping ecosystems, agriculture, and health.
- MIT-Toyota collaboration powers driver assistance in millions of vehiclesA decade-plus alliance between MIT’s AgeLab and Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center is recognized as a key contributor to advancements in automotive safety and human-machine interaction.
- Remembering Professor Emerita Jeanne Shapiro  Bamberger, a pioneer in music educationThe former department chair was an early innovator in the use of artificial intelligence to both study and influence how children learn music.
- Blending neuroscience, AI, and music to create mental health innovationsMedia Lab PhD student Kimaya Lecamwasam researches how music can shape well-being.
- Earthquake damage at deeper depths occurs long after initial activityWhile the Earth’s upper crust recovers quickly from seismic activity, new research finds the mid-crust recovers much more slowly, if at all.
- Engineering next-generation fertilizersMIT postdoc Giorgio Rizzo harnesses plant chemistry to design sustainable fertilizers that could reshape modern farming.
- Optimizing food subsidies: Applying digital platforms to maximize nutritionAn algorithm can change the face of food assistance policy in the Global South, says MIT assistant professor and J-WAFS researcher Ali Aouad.
- New MIT initiative seeks to transform rare brain disorders researchThe Rare Brain Disorders Nexus aims to accelerate the development of novel therapies for a spectrum of uncommon brain diseases.
- Gene-Wei Li named associate head of the Department of BiologyThe associate professor aims to help the department continue to be a worldwide leader in education, biological sciences, and fundamental research.
- Immune-informed brain aging research offers new treatment possibilities, speakers saySpeakers at MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative symposium described how immune system factors during aging contribute to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other conditions. The field is leveraging that knowledge to develop new therapies.
- MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and MBZUAI launch international collaboration to shape the future of AIThe MIT–MBZUAI Collaborative Research Program will unite faculty and students from both institutions to advance AI and accelerate its use in pressing scientific and societal challenges.
- Riccardo Comin, two MIT alumni named 2025 Moore Experimental Physics InvestigatorsMIT physicist seeks to use award to study magnetoelectric multiferroics that could lead to energy-efficient storage devices.
- How to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ammonia productionProposed system would combine two kinds of plants, creating greater efficiency and lowering costs while curbing climate-changing emissions.
- Using generative AI to diversify virtual training grounds for robotsNew tool from MIT CSAIL creates realistic virtual kitchens and living rooms where simulated robots can interact with models of real-world objects, scaling up training data for robot foundation models.
