Smart carbon dioxide removal yields economic and environmental benefits

MIT study finds a diversified portfolio of carbon dioxide removal options delivers the best return on investment.

Mark Dwortzan | Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy • mit
Jan. 29, 2025 ~5 min

New training approach could help AI agents perform better in uncertain conditions

Sometimes, it might be better to train a robot in an environment that’s different from the one where it will be deployed.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Jan. 29, 2025 ~7 min


Toward video generative models of the molecular world

Starting with a single frame in a simulation, a new system uses generative AI to emulate the dynamics of molecules, connecting static molecular structures and developing blurry pictures into videos.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Jan. 23, 2025 ~8 min

Researchers make leap in quantum computing

Trapping molecules for use in systems may help make ultra-high-speed experimental technology even faster

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Jan. 21, 2025 ~7 min

This fast and agile robotic insect could someday aid in mechanical pollination

With a new design, the bug-sized bot was able to fly 100 times longer than prior versions.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Jan. 15, 2025 ~8 min

Fast control methods enable record-setting fidelity in superconducting qubit

The advance holds the promise to reduce error-correction resource overhead.

Sandi Miller | Department of Physics • mit
Jan. 14, 2025 ~10 min

For healthy hearing, timing matters

Machine-learning models let neuroscientists study the impact of auditory processing on real-world hearing.

Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
Jan. 14, 2025 ~7 min

New computational chemistry techniques accelerate the prediction of molecules and materials

With their recently-developed neural network architecture, MIT researchers can wring more information out of electronic structure calculations.

Steve Nadis | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering • mit
Jan. 14, 2025 ~9 min


Physicists measure quantum geometry for the first time

The work opens new avenues for understanding and manipulating electrons in materials.

Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Jan. 13, 2025 ~6 min

We’re getting closer to having practical quantum computers – here’s what they will be used for

Quantum computers can explore every possible solution to a problem at the same time.

Domenico Vicinanza, Associate Professor of Intelligent Systems and Data Science, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Jan. 13, 2025 ~8 min

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