Making higher education more accessible to students in Pakistan
Taking out a loan to attend college is an investment in your future. But unlike in the United States, students in Pakistan don’t have easy…
MIT Maritime Consortium sets sail
Around 11 billion tons of goods, or about 1.5 tons per person worldwide, are transported by sea each year, representing about 90 percent of…
AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches
The ability to generate high-quality images quickly is crucial for producing realistic simulated environments that can be used to train…
At the core of problem-solving
As director of the MIT BioMicro Center (BMC), Stuart Levine ’97 wholeheartedly embraces the variety of challenges he tackles each day. One of…
“An AI future that honors dignity for everyone”
Ben Vinson III, president of Howard University, made a compelling call for artificial intelligence to be “developed with wisdom,” as he…
Making airfield assessments automatic, remote, and safe
In 2022, Randall Pietersen, a civil engineer in the U.S. Air Force, set out on a training mission to assess damage at an airfield runway,…
Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right direction
Imagine that a robot is helping you clean the dishes. You ask it to grab a soapy bowl out of the sink, but its gripper slightly misses the…
3 Questions: Visualizing research in the age of AI
For over 30 years, science photographer Felice Frankel has helped MIT professors, researchers, and students communicate their work visually.…
Markus Buehler receives 2025 Washington Award
MIT Professor Markus J. Buehler has been named the recipient of the 2025 Washington Award, one of the nation’s oldest and most esteemed…
Collaborating to advance research and innovation on essential chips for AI
The following is a joint announcement from the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and GlobalFoundries. MIT and GlobalFoundries (GF), a…