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

MIT Maritime Consortium sets sail

A new international collaboration unites MIT and maritime industry leaders to develop nuclear propulsion technologies, alternative fuels, data-powered strategies for operation, and more.

Anne Wilson | Department of Mechanical Engineering • mit
March 26, 2025 ~6 min


From Capasso lab to your living room

Rob Devlin helped develop innovative new mini-lens as grad student. Now startup he runs produces millions of them for consumer electronics.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 25, 2025 ~8 min

A new way to make graphs more accessible to blind and low-vision readers

The Tactile Vega-Lite system, developed at MIT CSAIL, streamlines the tactile chart design process; could help educators efficiently create these graphics and aid designers in making precise changes.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
March 25, 2025 ~6 min

Basketball analytics investment is key to NBA wins and other successes

Investment in analytics may also benefit college teams and fields beyond sports, a new study shows.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
March 25, 2025 ~9 min

What are the odds of picking a perfect NCAA bracket?

Statistician explains why ‘it’s unlikely to happen in anyone’s lifetime’

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 24, 2025 ~5 min

Device enables direct communication among multiple quantum processors

MIT researchers developed a photon-shuttling “interconnect” that can facilitate remote entanglement, a key step toward a practical quantum computer.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
March 21, 2025 ~7 min

AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches

Researchers fuse the best of two popular methods to create an image generator that uses less energy and can run locally on a laptop or smartphone.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
March 21, 2025 ~8 min


3D printing approach strings together dynamic objects for you

“Xstrings” method enables users to produce cable-driven objects, automatically assemble bionic robots, sculptures, and dynamic fashion designs.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
March 18, 2025 ~7 min

New platform lets anyone rapidly prototype large, sturdy interactive structures

The system uses reconfigurable electromechanical building blocks to create structural electronics.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
March 18, 2025 ~8 min

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