A new optimization framework for robot motion planning

MIT CSAIL researchers established new connections between combinatorial and continuous optimization, which can find global solutions for complex motion-planning puzzles.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 30, 2023 ~8 min

A mineral produced by plate tectonics has a global cooling effect, study finds

An accordion-textured clay called smectite efficiently traps organic carbon and could help buffer global warming over millions of years.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Nov. 30, 2023 ~8 min


A new ultrasound patch can measure how full your bladder is

The wearable device, designed to monitor bladder and kidney health, could be adapted for earlier diagnosis of cancers deep within the body.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Nov. 16, 2023 ~7 min

Technique enables AI on edge devices to keep learning over time

With the PockEngine training method, machine-learning models can efficiently and continuously learn from user data on edge devices like smartphones.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Nov. 16, 2023 ~8 min

This 3D printer can watch itself fabricate objects

Computer vision enables contact-free 3D printing, letting engineers print with high-performance materials they couldn’t use before.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Nov. 15, 2023 ~8 min

MIT physicists turn pencil lead into “gold”

Thin flakes of graphite can be tuned to exhibit three important properties.

Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Nov. 14, 2023 ~5 min

MIT engineers are on a failure-finding mission

The team’s new algorithm finds failures and fixes in all sorts of autonomous systems, from drone teams to power grids.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Nov. 9, 2023 ~8 min

How “blue” and “green” appeared in a language that didn’t have words for them

People of a remote Amazonian society who learned Spanish as a second language began to interpret colors in a new way, an MIT study has found.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Nov. 2, 2023 ~7 min


In online news, do mouse clicks speak louder than words?

Partisan media might deepen political polarization, but we should measure people’s media habits more carefully before drawing conclusions, researchers say.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
Nov. 2, 2023 ~7 min

How adults understand what kids are saying

It’s not easy to parse young children’s words, but adults’ beliefs about what children want to communicate helps make it possible, a new study finds.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Oct. 26, 2023 ~8 min

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