With AI, researchers predict the location of virtually any protein within a human cell

Trained with a joint understanding of protein and cell behavior, the model could help with diagnosing disease and developing new drugs.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
May 15, 2025 ~8 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


M&S cyberattacks used a little-known but dangerous technique – and anyone could be vulnerable

Sim-swap fraud is becoming increasingly prevalent.

Hossein Abroshan, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Science, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
May 14, 2025 ~6 min

Challenges to high-performance computing threaten US innovation

Today’s supercomputers are enormously powerful, but the work they do − running AI and tackling difficult science − is pushing them to their limits. Building bigger supercomputers won’t be easy.

Jack Dongarra, Emeritus Professor of Computer Science, University of Tennessee • conversation
May 14, 2025 ~10 min

M&S cyberattacks used a little-known but dangerous technique

Sim-swap fraud is becoming increasingly prevalent.

Paul Rincon, Commissioning Editor, Science, Technology and Business • conversation
May 14, 2025 ~6 min

Study shows vision-language models can’t handle queries with negation words

Words like “no” and “not” can cause this popular class of AI models to fail unexpectedly in high-stakes settings, such as medical diagnosis.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
May 14, 2025 ~8 min

MIT Department of Economics to launch James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work

With support from the Stone Foundation, the center will advance cutting-edge research and inform policy.

Department of Economics • mit
May 13, 2025 ~7 min

Daily mindfulness practice reduces anxiety for autistic adults

After six weeks of practicing mindfulness with the help of a smartphone app, adults with autism reported lasting improvements in their well-being.

Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
May 13, 2025 ~5 min


Aggressive birds reveal how evolution repeats itself

Scientists have long wondered whether evolution would follow the same path if it had a "do-over." New research suggests that it does.

Ingrid Rubie-UQ • futurity
May 13, 2025 ~5 min

AI can scan vast numbers of social media posts during disasters to guide first responders

Natural disasters prompt a flood of social media posts. AI can help sift the wheat of helpful information from the chaff of chitchat and misinformation.

Ademola Adesokan, Postdoctoral Researcher in Computer Science, Missouri University of Science and Technology • conversation
May 13, 2025 ~6 min

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