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MIT Names Erin Bahm and Steven Parks as 2024–25 UPS Fellows
The MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) has announced Erin Bahm and Steven Parks as recipients of the UPS Fellowship for the 2024–25 academic year.
Made possible by a grant from the UPS Foundation, the UPS…
Scientists Detect New Molecule in Space
New research from the group of MIT Professor Brett McGuire has revealed the presence of a previously unknown molecule in space. The team's open-access paper, “Rotational Spectrum and First Interstellar Detection of 2-Methoxyethanol…
BIMM University chooses Figshare to showcase its non-traditional research and creative practitioner…
Figshare, a leading provider of institutional repository infrastructure that supports open research, is pleased to announce that BIMM University has chosen Figshare to support the sharing, showcasing and management of its non-traditional…
Researchers Map Brain Pathways of Visual Memorability
For nearly a decade, a team of MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) researchers have been seeking to uncover why certain images persist in a people's minds, while many others fade. To do this, they set out to…
MIT Geologists Make Groundbreaking Discovery: Oldest Evidence Yet of Earth’s Magnetic Field Found in…
Geologists at MIT and Oxford University have uncovered ancient rocks in Greenland that bear the oldest remnants of Earth’s early magnetic field.
The rocks appear to be exceptionally pristine, having preserved their properties for…
MIT Unveils 2024 Bose Grant Recipients
MIT Provost Cynthia Barnhart announced four Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants to support bold research projects across diverse areas of study, including a way to generate clean hydrogen from deep in the Earth, build an environmentally…
Innovative Tiny Chip Protects User Data and Enables Efficient Smartphone Computing
Health-monitoring apps can help people manage chronic diseases or stay on track with fitness goals, using nothing more than a smartphone. However, these apps can be slow and energy-inefficient because the vast machine-learning models that…
MIT Develops Closed-Loop Drug Delivery System to Enhance Chemotherapy
When cancer patients undergo chemotherapy, the dose of most drugs is calculated based on the patient’s body surface area. This is estimated by plugging the patient’s height and weight into an equation, dating to 1916, that was…
MIT scientists tune the entanglement structure in an array of qubits
Entanglement is a form of correlation between quantum objects, such as particles at the atomic scale. This uniquely quantum phenomenon cannot be explained by the laws of classical physics, yet it is one of the properties that explains the…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Ian Waitz Appointed Vice President for Research
In a letter to the MIT community today, President Sally Kornbluth announced the appointment of Ian A. Waitz to the position of vice president for research. In the role, Waitz will report to the president and oversee MIT’s vast…