MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing

The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
May 27, 2025 • ~9 min

Trump’s proposed Golden Dome missile defence system – an expert explains the technical challenges involved

Attempts to destroy ballistic missiles in flight face major technical hurdles.

Jack O'Doherty, PhD Candidate in Nuclear Strategy, University of Leicester • conversation
May 23, 2025 • ~7 min

Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed US-wide missile defense system

President Trump has set aggressive goals for Golden Dome, but many parts of the system already exist.

Iain Boyd, Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
May 22, 2025 • ~9 min

Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed nationwide missile defense system

President Trump has set aggressive goals for Golden Dome, but many parts of the system already exist.

Iain Boyd, Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
May 22, 2025 • ~9 min

1 region of the brain links all your senses
Yale • futurity
May 22, 2025 • ~5 min

Text-generating AI models have different writing styles

It's not unusual for people to have distinctive speech or writing styles. It turns out that large language models have similar idiosyncrasies.

Byron Spice-Carnegie Mellon • futurity
May 22, 2025 • ~4 min

M&S cyber-attack: how to protect yourself from sim-swap fraud

Sim-swap fraud can have very damaging effects.

Daniel Gardham, Lecturer in Secure Systems, University of Surrey • conversation
May 22, 2025 • ~6 min

AI learns how vision and sound are connected, without human intervention

This new machine-learning model can match corresponding audio and visual data, which could someday help robots interact in the real world.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
May 22, 2025 • ~7 min

Learning how to predict rare kinds of failures

Researchers are developing algorithms to predict failures when automation meets the real world in areas like air traffic scheduling or autonomous vehicles.

MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems • mit
May 21, 2025 • ~10 min

A new technology for extending the shelf life of produce

Researchers used microneedles to inject fresh-cut crops with melatonin and delay spoilage.

Zach Winn | MIT News • mit
May 21, 2025 • ~8 min

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