Decoding the Arctic to predict winter weather
Every autumn, as the Northern Hemisphere moves toward winter, Judah Cohen starts to piece together a complex atmospheric puzzle. Cohen,…
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Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work Launches at MIT
The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work officially launched on Nov. 3,…
MIT scientists investigate memorization risk in the age of clinical AI
What is patient privacy for? The Hippocratic Oath, thought to be one of the earliest and most widely known medical…
Using design to interpret the past and envision the future
Some of designer C Jacob Payne’s projects present new, futuristic products — such as zero-gravity footwear for astronauts, and electronic-embedded…
MIT in the media: 2025 in review
“At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-Earth creativity,” noted Chronicle, during a campus visit this year for an episode…
Guided learning lets “untrainable” neural networks realize their potential
Even networks long considered “untrainable” can learn effectively with a bit of a helping hand. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science…
A new way to increase the capabilities of large language models
Most languages use word position and sentence structure to extract meaning. For example, “The cat sat on the box,” is…
“Robot, make me a chair”
Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are tried-and-true tools used to design many of the physical objects we use each day. But…
3 Questions: Using computation to study the world’s best single-celled chemists
Today, out of an estimated 1 trillion species on Earth, 99.999 percent are considered microbial — bacteria, archaea, viruses, and…
Working to eliminate barriers to adopting nuclear energy
What if there were a way to solve one of the most significant obstacles to the use of nuclear energy…