Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

PhD candidate Henry Wang works with FIFA and other organizations to advance the way sports are played, analyzed, and refereed. news.mit.edu/2026/bringing-…

Inspired by naturally aquatic aviators, engineers at MIT and EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, have designed a robot that can swim underwater, then flap out of the water to continue flying through air, much like diving birds. The design could also launch a new class of aerial-aquatic drones and vehicles. news.mit.edu/2026/new-flapp…

(1/2)So excited and honored to be joining today's Parade of Sail in Boston, with @galveston250 aboard the 1877 tall ship Elissa! I took a piece of deck with me to the International Space Station on on Expedition 26. 'Astronaut' means 'Space Sailor,' & it seemed only fitting 👇

From the basement of MIT’s Building 35 to Monterrey, Mexico, and now beyond. That is the journey of FrED, a low-cost desktop fiber (Fr) extrusion (E) device (D), designed and assembled by students in an educational factory at @MIT. news.mit.edu/2026/mit-desig…

The pursuit of ideas that seemed impossible, until they weren't. That's #CuriosityOnAMission. In case you missed it, check out this great video and explore the stories behind it: curiositymission.org

Bradford Skow and Alex Byrne, philosophy professors and two co-directors of the MIT Civil Discourse Project, discuss helping students navigate controversial topics in the classroom. usnews.com/education/u-s-…

MIT faculty, students, and alumni featured in Scientific American’s “The Young American Scientists” issue. 🧵(4/4) scientificamerican.com/report/young-a…

MIT faculty, students, and alumni featured in Scientific American’s “The Young American Scientists” issue. 🧵 (3/4) scientificamerican.com/report/young-a…

President Sally Kornbluth and a number of MIT faculty, students, and alumni are featured in @sciam “The Young American Scientists” issue, which highlights early career researchers, examines the current state of science in the United States, and offers reasons to be optimistic about the future. 🧵 (1/4) scientificamerican.com/report/young-a… Graphics: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT

In honor of the holiday weekend commemorating 250 years of independence, here are 10 free MIT courses to spark your curiosity about the origins of the American Revolution. openlearning.mit.edu/news/red-white…

How MIT’s Rad Lab rescued D-Day: After two British physicists invented a revolutionary gadget, MIT researchers used it to develop the radar devices that helped defeat the Nazis. technologyreview.com/2024/10/22/110…

.@MIT_IMES pioneers research and education at the intersection of engineering, science and medicine to transform human health for all. @mit_hst empowers future clinician-scientists. @MIT #CuriousityOnAMission

For decades, neuroscientists have known that specific regions in the brain’s left hemisphere are responsible for processing language. However, a new study by MIT researchers shows that language processing also occurs in many other parts of the brain. news.mit.edu/2026/brain-lan…

For 250 years, discovery, courage, and tenacity have driven this country forward and will continue to. From medicine to infrastructure to breakthroughs we can't yet imagine, science touches every part of daily life because someone, somewhere followed their curiosity. What are you curious about?  #CuriosityOnAMission curiositymission.org

A new chip developed by MIT researchers could help tiny, low-power robots avoid obstacles as they navigate around tight corners inside an industrial HVAC system to check for gas leaks. news.mit.edu/2026/new-chip-…

By analyzing X-ray reverberations and other astrophysical data, Erin Kara seeks to understand the most extreme objects in the universe, black holes. news.mit.edu/2026/listening…

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