- A nonflammable battery to power a safer, decarbonized futureThe startup Alsym Energy, co-founded by Professor Kripa Varanasi, is hoping its batteries can link renewables with the industrial sector and beyond.
- 3 Questions: Claire Wang on training the brain for memory sportsThe MIT sophomore and award-winning memory champion explains what these competitions are all about and why you might want to build a “memory palace.”
- Tunable ultrasound propagation in microscale metamaterialsNew framework advances experimental capabilities, including design and characterization, of microscale acoustic metamaterials.
- Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the airStudy finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring about promised reductions.
- A bioinspired capsule can pump drugs directly into the walls of the GI tractThe needle-free device could be used to deliver insulin, antibodies, RNA, or other large molecules.
- Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025Newly expanded financial aid will cover tuition costs for admitted students from 80 percent of U.S. families.
- TBIRD technology could help image black holes’ photon ringsThe Lincoln Laboratory-developed laser communications payload operates at the data rates required to image these never-before-seen thin halos of light.
- Making a mark in the nation’s capitalAlumni and founders of MIT Washington Summer Internship Program reflect on three decades of impact.
- A model of virtuosityAcclaimed keyboardist Jordan Rudess’s collaboration with the MIT Media Lab culminates in live improvisation between an AI “jam_bot” and the artist.
- Can robots learn from machine dreams?MIT CSAIL researchers used AI-generated images to train a robot dog in parkour, without real-world data. Their LucidSim system demonstrates generative AI's potential for creating robotics training data.
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