May 2024

Leadership, faculty and staff from the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science gathered to recognize the significant achievements of their colleagues during the Third Annual School of Engineering and Science (SES) Faculty…

Scientists are catching up to what parents and other caregivers have been reporting for many years: When some people with autism spectrum disorders experience an infection that sparks a fever, their autism-related symptoms seem to…

Many low-income families might desire to move into different neighborhoods — places that are safer, quieter, or have more resources in their schools. In fact, not many do relocate. But it turns out they are far more likely to move…

Over 180 world leaders maintain social media accounts, and some of them issue policy warnings to rivals and the public on these platforms rather than relying on traditional government statements. How seriously do people take such…

In MIT.nano’s laboratories, researchers use silicon wafers as the platform to shape transformative technologies such as quantum circuitry, microfluidic devices, or energy-harvesting structures. But these substrates can also serve as…

Researchers from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Google Research may have just performed digital sorcery — in the form of a diffusion model that can change the material properties of…

Northwestern University professors Claudia Haase and Rebecca Zorach are the recipients of the 19th annual Dorothy Ann and Clarence L. Ver Steeg Distinguished Research Fellowship Award. The Ver Steeg Fellowship supports the research of a…

Sarah B. Lawsky, Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride and Clinton Research Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, has received the 2024 Martin E. and Gertrude G. Walder Award for Research Excellence. The…

Indonesian artist Arahmaiani started the “Memory of Nature” project in 2013 after studying with monks in the highlands of the Tibetan Plateau. The installation features a bed of flowers and plants native to each new location on its journey.…

Iron ore and Limestone together account for about 80% of the total MCDR mineral production by value. These key minerals exhibited record production levels in FY2023-24, with production of iron ore at 277 million metric tonnes (MMT) and of…