Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

In late October 2025, Tropical Storm Melissa moved through the Caribbean Sea with moderate winds that didn’t get much attention. But on Oct. 25, aided by a patch of warm ocean, the storm rapidly intensified. By the time it made landfall in Jamaica, it was one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record. Ravi Pappu SM ’95, PhD ’01 blames the surprise on our inability to gather high-quality ocean data. news.mit.edu/2026/apeiron-l…

Astronomers uncovered the origins of a puzzling odd couple: a gas giant, or “hot Jupiter,” which is typically found alone, sharing space with a “mini-Neptune.” This rare system probably formed in the cold outer reaches of its host star, then gradually migrated inward. news.mit.edu/2026/astronome…

Joey Davis' work has helped reveal that unlike building a house, which happens in a prescribed sequence of steps — pouring the foundation, building the frame, putting on the roof — ribosomes can be assembled in a more flexible way. Understanding how these structures form and later break down could help researchers learn more about how disruptions of these fundamental processes can lead to disease. news.mit.edu/2026/biologist…

The Millennium Falcon came for some upgrades. Happy Star Wars Day, everyone! #Maythe4thbewithyou

The new scope has allowed MIT physicists to observe terahertz “jiggles” in a superconducting fluid. news.mit.edu/2026/terahertz…

To help search for new liver disease treatments, MIT engineers have developed an advanced tissue model that more accurately recreates the liver’s structure, complete with blood vessels and immune cells. .news.mit.edu/2026/new-tissu…

Birders, this one’s for you. 🐦 Written for birders and the bird‑curious (no engineering background required!), “Birds Up Close,” by MIT professor Lorna J. Gibson, blends materials science with natural history to explain how birds do what they do so effortlessly. news.mit.edu/2026/engineers…

The cancer immunotherapy saving lives today? It started 30-40 years ago with scientists just following their curiosity. President Sally Kornbluth joined Lizzie O’Leary of Slate’s "What Next: TBD" podcast. Basic science isn't always flashy, but it's how we get to the breakthroughs that matter. Sometimes the best investments take decades. youtu.be/N6ETeg7dgkw?si…

A new method developed by MIT researchers can accelerate a privacy-preserving artificial intelligence training method by about 81 percent. This advance could enable a wider array of resource-constrained edge devices, like sensors and smartwatches, to deploy more accurate AI models while keeping user data secure. news.mit.edu/2026/enabling-…

Researchers have found that a “pencil beam” laser allows brain imaging 25 times faster than current methods. This could help scientists quickly test whether new drugs for diseases like Alzheimer’s or ALS are reaching their targets in the brain. news.mit.edu/2026/self-orga…

In the past year, two separate experiments in two different materials captured the same confounding scenario: the coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism. Scientists had assumed that these two quantum states are mutually exclusive; the presence of one should inherently destroy the other. In certain fractions, the quasiparticles should flow together without friction, similar to how regular electrons can pair up to flow in conventional superconductors. news.mit.edu/2025/anything-…

The modern world runs on chemicals and fuels that require a huge amount of energy to produce: Industrial chemical separation accounts for 10 to 15 percent of the world’s total energy consumption. The MIT spinout Osmoses is making industrial chemical separations more efficient. news.mit.edu/2026/osmoses-t…

Detecting cancer in the earliest stages could dramatically reduce cancer deaths because cancers are usually easier to treat when caught early. To help achieve that goal, MIT and Microsoft researchers are using artificial intelligence to design molecular sensors for early detection. news.mit.edu/2026/ai-genera…

Future quantum computers could break tried-and-true security schemes that now keep sensitive data secure. MIT Engineers developed an ultra-efficient microchip to help protect power-constrained medical devices, like insulin pumps and pacemakers, from quantum attacks. news.mit.edu/2026/new-chip-…

As people age, their immune system function declines. T cell populations decline and can’t react to pathogens as quickly, making people more susceptible to infections. To try to overcome that decline, researchers at MIT and the Broad Institute have found a way to temporarily program cells in the liver to improve T-cell function. news.mit.edu/2025/new-study…

Antibody treatments for cancer and other diseases are typically delivered intravenously, because of the large volumes that are needed per dose. This means patients have to spend hours in a hospital for every treatment. MIT engineers have now taken a major step toward reformulating antibodies so that they can be injected using a standard syringe. news.mit.edu/2025/new-way-d…

MIT researchers have developed a new electronics integration platform which allows scientists to make transistors and memory devices in one compact stack on a semiconductor chip. This eliminates a lot of wasted energy while boosting the speed of computation. news.mit.edu/2025/new-mater…

OpenProtein.AI is giving scientists the best tools to develop new treatments faster. news.mit.edu/2026/bringing-…

🚨🚨NEW EPISODE DROP  Sally Kornbluth, President of MIT🚨🚨 "If you take a lick of the lollipop of mediocrity, you will suck forever." I love this. She was talking about how MIT sustains excellence after 150+ years. And it applies to founders and CEOs who are trying to scale, more than ever. The thing is, the bar doesn't drop all at once. It drops one hire at a time, one exception at a time. It's better to have nobody than to let the standard slip even once. Every hire, every door, every message has to carry the same signal. That's how MIT maintains it's intensity.....just look at the list of grads like @vkhosla @gdb @drewhouston @mansourtarek_ @mntruell @_mohansolo @ChaseLochmiller I’ve watched this play out with the companies I work with. They hit 150 employees, the founder stops interviewing everyone, and by 500 they're asking what happened to the culture. Sally's answer: it's a lot easier to stop that slide than to recover from it. The fix is relentless consistency, clarity, and the willingness to say no far more often than you say yes. Worth remembering when growth feels urgent. ------ Listen to the full conversation with MIT President Sally Kornbluth on Long Strange Trip.👇

“I’m receiving wonderful opportunities and can serve my country, so I’m honored,” says MIT senior Brian Robinson, who plans to join the US Air Force. news.mit.edu/2026/built-to-…