Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

When you sleep, A wave of cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the brain, helping to wash away waste products that have built up during the day. “If you don’t sleep, the CSF waves start to intrude into wakefulness where normally you wouldn’t see them. However, they come with an attentional tradeoff, where attention fails during the moments that you have this wave of fluid flow,” says MIT Professor Laura Lewis. news.mit.edu/2025/your-brai…

Nuclear security can be a daunting topic, the consequences seem unimaginable, but the threat is real. Caitlin Talmadge PhD ’11, who joined the MIT faculty in 2023, has become a prominent scholar in security studies, conducting meticulous research about militaries’ on-the-ground capabilities and how they are influenced by political circumstances. news.mit.edu/2025/studying-…

What do mathematicians have to do with mosquitoes? They’ve developed a new model that can be used to predict how mosquitoes will fly in response to sensory cues, such as heat, humidity, and certain odors. Such predictions could help to design more effective traps and mosquito control strategies. news.mit.edu/2026/new-model…

MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit involved in processing new information that may be linked to schizophrenia, offering insight into why some individuals lose touch with reality. news.mit.edu/2026/brain-cir…

Many thermal battery systems move high-temperature gas or molten salt around through metal pipes. Fourth Power, founded by MIT Professor Asegun Henry, is turning these materials inside out, using molten metal to transport the heat, which is stored in carbon bricks. news.mit.edu/2026/turning-e…

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Idaho native and CEE PhD student Audrey Parker studies methane mitigation strategies in dairy farms and coal mines to help protect the outdoor environment she’s loved since childhood. “For me it’s about preserving the world I grew up in,” she says. news.mit.edu/2026/cutting-m…

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MIT undergraduates help US high schoolers from the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters tackle calculus. news.mit.edu/2026/mit-under…

MIT scientists present a new computational method that enables optical microscopes to resolve individual atoms and zero in on their exact locations in a crystal structure. news.mit.edu/2025/seating-c…

The startup Enzian Pharmaceutics, founded by Aron Blaesi PhD ’14 and Nannaji Saka ScD ’74, is developing an oral tablet that delivers drugs into the gastric fluid and the blood steadily over time. news.mit.edu/2025/startups-…

A team of MIT engineers wondered: Could an expert’s unconscious know-how be accessed, and even taught, to quickly bring a novice up to an expert’s level? The answer appears to be “yes,” at least for a particular type of visual-learning task. news.mit.edu/2026/how-some-…

Over 10,000 Americans are waiting for a liver transplant. MIT Engineers developed injectable “mini livers” that could take over the functions of a failing liver. The technology could offer an alternative to transplantation or provide support until a donor organ is available. news.mit.edu/2026/injectabl…

MIT researchers uncovered the physics behind bubble-removing membranes that could improve bioreactors, chemical production, and more. news.mit.edu/2026/tackling-…

Since its founding, MIT has offered instruction in military science — bolstering national security through training in the technical fields that underpin the future of modern warfare. understanding.mit.edu/national-secur…

Using a higher-resolution genome mapping technique, the research team discovered that small 3D loops connecting regulatory elements and genes persist in the genome during cell division, or mitosis. news.mit.edu/2025/surprisin…

Watershed Bio is helping scientists and bioinformaticians run experiments and get insights with a platform that lets users analyze complex datasets regardless of their computational skills. news.mit.edu/2025/helping-s…

“Right now, we’re focused on plants in labs,” Ashley Beckwith SM ’18, PhD ’22 says. “In five years, we aim to be the operating system for all of plant science, making it possible to build anything from a single plant cell.” news.mit.edu/2026/designing…

By leveraging idle computing time, researchers can double the speed of model training while preserving accuracy. news.mit.edu/2026/new-metho…