Minimizing the carbon footprint of bridges and other structures

MAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer writes algorithms that optimize overall function, minimize carbon footprint, and produce a manufacturable design.

Denise Brehm | MIT Morningside Academy for Design • mit
Jan. 10, 2025 ~8 min

Introducing MIT HEALS, a life sciences initiative to address pressing health challenges

The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative will bring together researchers from across the Institute to deliver health care solutions at scale.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Dec. 9, 2024 ~15 min


Gen Z heads home: How to navigate the evolving parent-child relationship as kids become adults

Parenting’s ultimate goal is raising healthy, happy, successful children. Figuring out how to keep parenting once the kids are adults is just another transition.

Amy Root, Professor of Applied Human Sciences, West Virginia University • conversation
Nov. 25, 2024 ~9 min

Poor teacher training partly to blame for stalled engineering diversity goals

Universities have made little progress diversifying STEM fields in recent years.

Lisa Bosman, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University • conversation
Nov. 14, 2024 ~10 min

Teen Smoking in US Drops to Lowest Level in 25 Years

VOA Learning English • voa
Oct. 28, 2024 ~3 min

Aspiring to sustainable development

In parallel, MIT and Universidad Del Valle de Guatemala students seek to advance local innovation by and for Guatemalan communities.

Leda Zimmerman | D-Lab | Department of Mechanical Engineering • mit
Oct. 23, 2024 ~10 min

Do Students in American Schools Read Long Books Anymore?

VOA Learning English • voa
Oct. 8, 2024 ~7 min

Chinese Students Shift from US to Australia, Britain

VOA Learning English • voa
Oct. 1, 2024 ~5 min


Analysis finds flaw in U.S. plan to cut vehicle emissions — and possible solution

College researchers say battery issue will hamper needed rise in EV production, but hybrids can help fill gap

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Sept. 19, 2024 ~4 min

Bridging the heavens and Earth

EAPS PhD student Jared Bryan found a way to use his research on earthquakes to help understand exoplanet migration.

Paige Colley | EAPS • mit
Sept. 17, 2024 ~8 min

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