Two MIT teams selected for NSF sustainable materials grants

Chosen from 16 finalist teams, the MIT-led projects will investigate quantum topological materials and sustainable microchip production.

David L. Chandler | Elizabeth A. Thomson | MIT News | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
yesterday ~11 min

Study demonstrates efficacy of MIT-led Brave Behind Bars program

Programming course for incarcerated people boosts digital literacy and self-efficacy, highlighting potential for reduced recidivism.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
April 24, 2024 ~8 min


MIT announces 2024 Bose Grants

The grants fund studies of green hydrogen production, fetal health-sensing fabric, basalt architecture, and shark-based ocean monitoring.

Becky Ham | Office of the Provost • mit
April 24, 2024 ~8 min

MIT scientists tune the entanglement structure in an array of qubits

The advance offers a way to characterize a fundamental resource needed for quantum computing.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
April 24, 2024 ~9 min

Geologists discover rocks with the oldest evidence yet of Earth’s magnetic field

The 3.7 billion-year-old rocks may extend the magnetic field’s age by 200 million years.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
April 24, 2024 ~10 min

Researchers detect a new molecule in space

Such discoveries help researchers better understand the development of molecular complexity in space during star formation.

Danielle Randall Doughty | Department of Chemistry • mit
April 22, 2024 ~5 min

The many-body dynamics of cold atoms and cross-country running

Senior Olivia Rosenstein balances cross-country competitions with research in quantum gasses and early-universe radio wave signals.

Sandi Miller | Department of Physics • mit
April 19, 2024 ~12 min

Erin Kara named Edgerton Award winner

The award recognizes exceptional distinction in teaching, research, and service at MIT.

Sandi Miller | Department of Physics • mit
April 17, 2024 ~5 min


With inspiration from “Tetris,” MIT researchers develop a better radiation detector

The device, based on simple tetromino shapes, could determine the direction and distance of a radiation source, with fewer detector pixels.

David L. Chandler | MIT News • mit
April 10, 2024 ~7 min

Reevaluating an approach to functional brain imaging

An MRI method purported to detect neurons’ rapid impulses produces its own misleading signals instead, an MIT study finds.

Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
April 4, 2024 ~6 min

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