The cells can survive in the body for at least three months, producing enough insulin to control blood sugar levels, research shows.
Study Reveals Why Some Cancer Therapies Don’t Work for All Patients
A backup survival pathway can help tumor cells resist certain lung cancer and other drugs. Combining therapies may offer a solution.
A backup survival pathway can help tumor cells resist certain lung cancer and other drugs. Combining therapies may offer a solution.
Jazz in the Key of Life
Saxophonist Miguel Zenón, a Grammy-winning MIT faculty member, creates a distinctive blend of jazz and traditional Puerto Rican music.
Saxophonist Miguel Zenón, a Grammy-winning MIT faculty member, creates a distinctive blend of jazz and traditional Puerto Rican music.
Evaluating the Ethics of Autonomous Systems
MIT researchers developed a testing framework that pinpoints situations where AI decision-support systems are not treating people and communities fairly.
MIT researchers developed a testing framework that pinpoints situations where AI decision-support systems are not treating people and communities fairly.
A Philosophy of Work
As the NC Ethics of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow, Michal Masny is advancing dialogue, teaching, and research into the social and ethical dimensions of new computing technologies.
As the NC Ethics of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow, Michal Masny is advancing dialogue, teaching, and research into the social and ethical dimensions of new computing technologies.
Why Does Wealth Inequality Matter?
An MIT Stone Center event examined the origins, mechanisms, and political consequences of high inequality.
An MIT Stone Center event examined the origins, mechanisms, and political consequences of high inequality.
How to Create “Humble” AI
An MIT-led team is designing artificial intelligence systems for medical diagnosis that are more collaborative and forthcoming about uncertainty.
An MIT-led team is designing artificial intelligence systems for medical diagnosis that are more collaborative and forthcoming about uncertainty.
Seeing Sounds
Mariano Salcedo ’25, a master’s student in the new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program, is designing an AI to visualize and express music and other sounds.
Mariano Salcedo ’25, a master’s student in the new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program, is designing an AI to visualize and express music and other sounds.
On Algorithms, Life, and Learning
Operations research expert Dimitris Bertsimas delivered the annual Killian Lecture, providing a look at the past and future of his work.
Operations research expert Dimitris Bertsimas delivered the annual Killian Lecture, providing a look at the past and future of his work.
What’s the Right Path for AI?
Conference speakers discussed the unfolding trajectory of AI and the benefits of shaping technology to meets people’s needs.
Conference speakers discussed the unfolding trajectory of AI and the benefits of shaping technology to meets people’s needs.
A Better Method for Identifying Overconfident Large Language Models
This new metric for measuring uncertainty could flag hallucinations and help users know whether to trust an AI model.
This new metric for measuring uncertainty could flag hallucinations and help users know whether to trust an AI model.
New Sensor Sniffs Out Pneumonia on a Patient’s Breath
The technology could enable fast, point-of-care diagnoses for pneumonia and other lung conditions.
The technology could enable fast, point-of-care diagnoses for pneumonia and other lung conditions.
Ocean Bacteria Team up to Break Down Biodegradable Plastic
MIT researchers uncovered the roles of bacterial species from the environment as they consume biodegradable plastic.
MIT researchers uncovered the roles of bacterial species from the environment as they consume biodegradable plastic.
How the Brain Handles the “Cocktail Party Problem”
Using a computational model, neuroscientists showed how the brain can selectively focus attention on one voice among others in a noisy environment.
Using a computational model, neuroscientists showed how the brain can selectively focus attention on one voice among others in a noisy environment.
Improving AI Models’ Ability to Explain Their Predictions
A new approach could help users know whether to trust a model’s predictions in safety-critical applications like health care and autonomous driving.
A new approach could help users know whether to trust a model’s predictions in safety-critical applications like health care and autonomous driving.
3 Questions: Fortifying Our Planetary Defenses
MIT astronomers are developing a new way to detect, monitor, and mitigate the threats posed by smaller asteroids to our critical space infrastructure.
MIT astronomers are developing a new way to detect, monitor, and mitigate the threats posed by smaller asteroids to our critical space infrastructure.