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In 2023, Shanya Gill clinched the prestigious Thermo Fisher Scientific ASCEND (Aspiring Scientists Culivating Exciting New Discoveries) Award at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (Thermo Fisher…

FLORENCE, Italy —  Michelangelo's David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue's religious and political significance is…

In a world where technology is increasingly intertwined with our feelings, emotion-AI harnesses advanced computing and machine learning to assess, simulate, and interact with human emotional states. As emotion-AI systems become…

Washington/Los Angeles —  A California college is seeking the return, "no questions asked," of an iconic image of Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong created by famed American artist Andy Warhol. Two weeks ago, Orange Coast…

Why aren't there freshwater seals or dolphins in the Great Lakes? Illustration by Mari Fouz…

How will funds be distributed?The amount of funding Eligible States (including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) will receive through the Capacity Grant Program will be determined pursuant to the statutory…

Every year, many of the hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. who have a heart attack survive and go back to work and enjoy a normal life. After a heart attack, you’ll have to make important lifestyle changes and take medication to…

March 26, 2024 Have you ever wanted a writing and research manual that centered Chicanx and Latinx scholarship? Writing that Matters: A Handbook for Chicanx and Latinx Studies does just that. While it includes a brief history of…

Earlier this month, we had the opportunity to present our global research briefing, “Later is Too Late,” to over 800 participants. We shared the key findings from our 23-country survey which seeks to answer: Does the world want action on…

In late February, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate Education Ian A. Waitz and Faculty Chair Mary Fuller announced the formation and launch of the Task Force on the MIT Undergraduate Academic Program…

1.     What is the Sendai GAP? “Sendai GAP” is the short title for the “Gender Action Plan to Support Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030”. It is a global plan that was launched in March…

Donald Trump’s trial related to a hush money payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels was pushed back on Friday by the presiding judge who said “significant questions of fact” must be resolved before the former president’s historic Manhattan…

Audio deepfakes have had a recent bout of bad press after an artificial intelligence-generated robocall purporting to be the voice of Joe Biden hit up New Hampshire residents, urging them not to cast ballots.…

The year is in full swing. Attorneys, accountants, and financial advisors are asking clients to start gathering tax documents and related paperwork for 2023 tax returns and 2024 planning. Now is a good time for advisors to review a few…

The search for space-shaking ripples in the universe just got a big boost. An MIT-led effort to build a bigger, better gravitational-wave detector will receive $9 million dollars over the next three years from…

Climate change is complex and will play out differently depending on where you are (and who you are). It’s confusing! It’s contradictory! And what am I to do? EVs are expensive, my house leaks heat, and my AC is nonexistent. It’s hot,…

The case of Friedrich Nietszche Author Website Jose Alberto Morales About the book of Jose Alberto Morales Jose Alberto Morales’ book is a philosophical exploration that explains the complexities of life and questions standard…

The MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative, co-directed by MIT professors Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Simon Johnson, celebrated its official launch on Jan. 22. The new initiative’s mission is to analyze…

A number of major AI services performed poorly in a test of their ability to address questions and concerns about voting and elections. The study found that no model can be completely trusted, but it was bad enough that some got…

The post Fifteen Questions: Ned Friedman on the Arnold Arboretum, ‘Botanizing,’ and His Favorite Tree appeared first on Arnold Arboretum.

Watch the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control hearing Chairman Cornyn, Co-Chairwoman Feinstein and members of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, we appreciate the opportunity to share the content of the recent…

Leah Periera (right) and Sophia Schlichtmann (left)…

February 20, 2024 Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch tells the story of a decades-long habitat restoration project in southwestern New Mexico. Author A. Thomas Cole explains what inspired him and wife Lucinda to turn their retirement…

PLYMOUTH, Maine — When Michael Seavey walked into the woods near his property to see what was happening at the secretive waste processing plant nearby, he got a snootful of answers. Soil Preparation Inc., the private…

Could we use volcanic energy as a power source? Illustration by Michele Marconi Could we use…

Emily Goodling is a lecturer in German in Global Languages at MIT. She teaches class 21G.411 (Conflict, Contest, Controversy: A Literary Investigation of German Politics), a course that she developed with the…

As a state run by a Communist Party, Cuba appears set apart from many of its neighbors in the Americas. One thing lost as a result, to a large extent, is a nuanced understanding of the perspectives of Cuban…

Friday, February 9, 2024 In People’s Diplomacy, Kazushi Minami shows how the American and Chinese people rebuilt US-China relations in the 1970s, a pivotal decade bookended by Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to China and…

london —  In British history, the secrecy of the monarch's health has always reigned supreme. Buckingham Palace's disclosure that King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer shattered that longstanding tradition. On the heels of…

MIT is preparing a major campus-wide effort to develop technological, behavioral, and policy solutions to some of the toughest problems now impeding an effective global climate response. The Climate Project at…

Electricity is essential to just about everyone – rich and poor, old and young. Yet, when severe storms strike, socioeconomically disadvantaged communities often wait longest to recover.That isn’t just a perception.We analyzed data from…

6 Questions to Ask a Therapist in Charlotte, North Carolina Before Hiring Them Six pivotal questions aimed at ensuring successful client-therapist relationships CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES, February 7, 2024…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain While wind farms have become a widely popular method of generating energy, researchers are now looking…

Talk to scientists and advocates in the psychedelics space and they’ll tell you we’re living in a golden era of research – a so-called renaissance following the decades-long prohibition catalyzed by Richard Nixon’s war on drugs. In…

For the second time in two months, intense rain, combined with the breakdown of a critical piece of Sewerage & Water Board power equipment, flooded streets throughout parts of New Orleans Saturday night, serving as a frustrating…

NEW YORK —  A graphic video from a Pennsylvania man accused of beheading his father that circulated for hours on YouTube has put a spotlight yet again on gaps in social media companies' ability to prevent horrific postings from…

February 01, 2024 Intuit Received $94 Million in Federal Research Tax Credits in 2022, While Spending Millions to Fight Free Direct File Program  “The American public deserves answers—not more deception—about how you are spending…

February 01, 2024 Intuit Received $94 Million in Federal Research Tax Credits in 2022, While Spending Millions to Fight Free Direct File Program  “The American public deserves answers—not more deception—about…

During the summer of 2015, Martin Culpepper surveyed all undergraduate and graduate students at MIT about their activities and interests in “making.” “MIT has a strong history and culture of hands-on ‘making’ in…

In October 2017, MIT made a commitment to add 950 on-campus beds for graduate students as part of the Volpe zoning agreement with the City of Cambridge that allows the Institute to develop a 10-acre parcel in…

Ten years ago Neil Gershenfeld, professor of media arts and sciences and the founder and director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA), began an outreach project that has grown into a global program for…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Last summer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved the first drug shown to slow the progress of…

I thought I saw more red foliage this fall. Is that related to climate change? Illustration by Karlotta Freier…

Renaud Fournier SM ’95 joined the Institute in September 2023 in the newly established role of chief officer for business and digital transformation and is leading a team focused on simplifying business…

January 23, 2024 Ojo en Celo / Eye in Heat, winner of the 2023 Ambroggio Prize of the Academy of American Poets, is a collection that challenges the limits of our gaze. It shows us what it is to escape the mirror and move beyond…

When eligible MIT graduate students voted to be represented by a union in April 2022, the decision set in motion significant changes in the graduate student ecosystem at the Institute. Moving forward, graduate…

January 11, 2024 Ancient Light by Kimberly Blaeser uses lyric, narrative, and concrete poems to give voice to some of the most pressing ecological and social issues of our time. With vision and resilience, Kimberly Blaeser’s…

Editor’s Note: Recently’s post is by Itamar Ashkenazi and Oded Olsha. Itamar is a staff member of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel, a general surgeon, and a COPE council member. Oded…

Editor’s Note: Today’s post is by Itamar Ashkenazi and Oded Olsha. Itamar is a staff member of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel, a general surgeon, and a COPE council member. Oded…

More than 1,500 students enroll in music classes each year at MIT. More than 500 student musicians participate in one of 30 on-campus ensembles. In spring 2025, to better provide for its thriving musical program,…