Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials

Developed to analyze new semiconductors, the system could streamline the development of more powerful solar panels.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
July 4, 2025 ~7 min

MIT and Mass General Hospital researchers find disparities in organ allocation

In an analysis of over 160,000 transplant candidates, researchers found that race is linked to how likely an organ offer is to be accepted on behalf of a patient.

Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health • mit
July 3, 2025 ~6 min


Study: Babies’ poor vision may help organize visual brain pathways

MIT researchers found that low-quality visual input early in life may contribute to the development of key pathways in the brain’s visual system.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
July 3, 2025 ~9 min

Study finds better services dramatically help children in foster care

A Chilean experiment with legal aid and social services cuts time in foster care, with lasting effects for kids and lower costs for programs.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
July 2, 2025 ~6 min

How repetition helps art speak to us

Jay Keyser’s new book, “Play It Again, Sam,” makes the case that repeated motifs enhance our experience of artistic works.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
July 1, 2025 ~8 min

MIT engineers develop electrochemical sensors for cheap, disposable diagnostics

Electrodes coated with DNA could enable inexpensive tests with a long shelf-life, which could detect many diseases and be deployed in the doctor’s office or at home.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
July 1, 2025 ~6 min

New imaging technique reconstructs the shapes of hidden objects

By leveraging reflections from wireless signals like Wi-Fi, the system could allow robots to find and manipulate items that are blocked from view.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
July 1, 2025 ~8 min

New method combines imaging and sequencing to study gene function in intact tissue

The approach collects multiple types of imaging and sequencing data from the same cells, leading to new insights into mouse liver biology.

Whitehead Institute • mit
June 30, 2025 ~9 min


Accelerating scientific discovery with AI

FutureHouse, co-founded by Sam Rodriques PhD ’19, has developed AI agents to automate key steps on the path toward scientific progress.

Zach Winn | MIT News • mit
June 30, 2025 ~8 min

Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely

MIT CSAIL researchers combined GenAI and a physics simulation engine to refine robot designs. The result: a machine that out-jumped a robot designed by humans.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
June 27, 2025 ~6 min

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