Mobility-related data show the pandemic has had a lasting effect, limiting the breadth of places people visit in cities.
Scientists Discover Anatomical Changes in the Brains of the Newly Sighted
Following cataract removal, some of the brain’s visual pathways seem to be more malleable than previously thought.
Following cataract removal, some of the brain’s visual pathways seem to be more malleable than previously thought.
Open-Source Platform Simulates Wildlife for Soft Robotics Designers
SoftZoo is a soft robot co-design platform that can test optimal shapes and sizes for robotic performance in different environments.
SoftZoo is a soft robot co-design platform that can test optimal shapes and sizes for robotic performance in different environments.
Greening Roofs to Boost Climate Resilience
Roofscapes, a startup founded by three MIT students, is planning to build green spaces on pitched roofs in Paris, to decrease temperatures while improving quality of life.
Roofscapes, a startup founded by three MIT students, is planning to build green spaces on pitched roofs in Paris, to decrease temperatures while improving quality of life.
Tackling Counterfeit Seeds With “Unclonable” Labels
Fake seeds can cost farmers more than two-thirds of expected crop yields and threaten food security. Trackable silk labels could help.
Fake seeds can cost farmers more than two-thirds of expected crop yields and threaten food security. Trackable silk labels could help.
An Education in Climate Change
A multidisciplinary climate change curriculum for high schools, developed at MIT, aims to engage and mobilize teachers and students.
A multidisciplinary climate change curriculum for high schools, developed at MIT, aims to engage and mobilize teachers and students.
Robotic Hand Can Identify Objects With Just One Grasp
The three-fingered robotic gripper can “feel” with great sensitivity along the full length of each finger – not just at the tips.
The three-fingered robotic gripper can “feel” with great sensitivity along the full length of each finger – not just at the tips.
Minds Wide Open: Alan Lightman Explores Transcendence in His New Book
Alan Lightman’s new book asks how a sense of transcendence can exist in brains made of atoms, molecules, and neurons.
Alan Lightman’s new book asks how a sense of transcendence can exist in brains made of atoms, molecules, and neurons.
Understanding Our Place in the Universe
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar Brian Nord trains machines to explore the cosmos and fights for equity in research.
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar Brian Nord trains machines to explore the cosmos and fights for equity in research.
The Buzz on Keeping Bees
The MIT Beekeepers Club wants the Institute’s hive to thrive.
The MIT Beekeepers Club wants the Institute’s hive to thrive.
New Additives Could Turn Concrete Into an Effective Carbon Sink
MIT engineers discover new carbonation pathways for creating more environmentally friendly concrete.
MIT engineers discover new carbonation pathways for creating more environmentally friendly concrete.
Putting Clear Bounds on Uncertainty in Science and Technology
Computer scientists want to know the exact limits in our ability to clean up, and reconstruct, partly blurred images.
Computer scientists want to know the exact limits in our ability to clean up, and reconstruct, partly blurred images.
Targeting Cancer With a Multi-Drug Nanoparticle
Using bottlebrush-shaped particles, researchers can identify and deliver synergistic combinations of cancer drugs.
Using bottlebrush-shaped particles, researchers can identify and deliver synergistic combinations of cancer drugs.
Preparing To Be Prepared
Miho Mazereeuw, an architect of built and natural environments, looks for new ways to get people ready for natural disasters.
Miho Mazereeuw, an architect of built and natural environments, looks for new ways to get people ready for natural disasters.
Studies of Unusual Brains Reveal Critical Insights Into Brain Organization, Function
Ev Fedorenko’s Interesting Brains Project highlights the human brain’s remarkable capacity to adapt, reorganize in the face of early damage.
Ev Fedorenko’s Interesting Brains Project highlights the human brain’s remarkable capacity to adapt, reorganize in the face of early damage.
Using Robotics to Supercharge Health Care
Vecna Technologies, founded by a pair of MIT alumni, has followed a long and winding path to help people in health care settings.
Vecna Technologies, founded by a pair of MIT alumni, has followed a long and winding path to help people in health care settings.