Inroads to personalized AI trip planning

A new framework from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab supercharges language models, so they can reason over, interactively develop, and verify valid, complex travel agendas.

Lauren Hinkel | MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab • mit
June 10, 2025 ~9 min

AI-enabled control system helps autonomous drones stay on target in uncertain environments

The system automatically learns to adapt to unknown disturbances such as gusting winds.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
June 9, 2025 ~8 min


Learning how to predict rare kinds of failures

Researchers are developing algorithms to predict failures when automation meets the real world in areas like air traffic scheduling or autonomous vehicles.

MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems • mit
May 21, 2025 ~10 min

Space tourism’s growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement – a tourism scholar explains how

Space tourism is in an exploration phase – the decisions companies make around how to conduct these experiences now will set the tone moving forward.

Betsy Pudliner, Associate Professor of Hospitality and Technology Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Stout • conversation
May 19, 2025 ~10 min

Deploying a practical solution to space debris

Researchers share the design and implementation of an incentive-based Space Sustainability Rating.

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Media Lab • mit
May 14, 2025 ~6 min

Who gets to be called an astronaut? Private space travel has reignited debate over use of prestigious title

A new wave of space travellers has sparked debate over how the term is used.

Ian Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
May 2, 2025 ~8 min

The MIT-Portugal Program enters Phase 4

New phase will support continued exploration of ideas and solutions in fields ranging from AI to nanotech to climate — with emphasis on educational exchanges and entrepreneurship.

Lisa Capone | MIT Portugal Program • mit
April 30, 2025 ~12 min

Researchers teach LLMs to solve complex planning challenges

This new framework leverages a model’s reasoning abilities to create a “smart assistant” that finds the optimal solution to multistep problems.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
April 2, 2025 ~7 min


Modern spacesuits have a compatibility problem. Astronauts’ lives depend on fixing it

Making spacesuits compatible with different spacecraft could protect astronauts during an emergency evacuation.

Berna Akcali Gur, Lecturer in Outer Space Law, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
March 25, 2025 ~7 min

Modern spacesuits have a compatability problem. Astronauts’ lives depend on fixing it

Making spacesuits compatible with different spacecraft could protect astronauts during an emergency evacuation.

Berna Akcali Gur, Lecturer in Outer Space Law, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
March 25, 2025 ~7 min

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