April 1, 2026 Tomás Palacios named director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies The electrical engineering and nanotechnology leader will guide the US Army-sponsored research center as it advances next-generation materials, electronics, and photonics for national security. March 30, 2026 MIT researchers use AI to uncover atomic defects in materials A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials’ mechanical strength, heat transfer, and energy-conversion efficiency. March 12, 2026 Curiosity Unbounded, Ep. 18 (VIDEO): Inside Efficient AI: From GPUs to GPTs Prof. Song Han sits down with MIT President, Sally Kornbluth, to discuss efficient AI computing March 11, 2026 New photonic device efficiently beams light into free space Light-emitting structures that curl off the chip surface could enable advanced displays, high-speed optical communications, and larger-scale quantum computers. March 4, 2026 Designing a more resilient future for plants, from the cell up Foray Bioscience, founded by Ashley Beckwith SM ’18, PhD ’22, is engineering single plant cells to create new materials and meet growing demand. February 26, 2026 New method could increase LLM training efficiency By leveraging idle computing time, researchers can double the speed of model training while preserving accuracy. February 20, 2026 Chip-processing method could assist cryptography schemes to keep data secure By enabling two chips to authenticate each other using a shared fingerprint, this technique can improve privacy and energy efficiency. February 18, 2026 3D-printing platform rapidly produces complex electric machines Overcoming challenges of 3D printing with multiple functional materials, MIT researchers fabricated an electric linear motor in hours. February 12, 2026 MTL Visiting Scientist Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award and Honorary Fellowship by BES (India) February 2, 2026 How generative AI can help scientists synthesize complex materials MIT researchers’ DiffSyn model offers recipes for synthesizing new materials, enabling faster experimentation and a shorter journey from hypothesis to use. Load More
April 1, 2026 Tomás Palacios named director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies The electrical engineering and nanotechnology leader will guide the US Army-sponsored research center as it advances next-generation materials, electronics, and photonics for national security.
March 30, 2026 MIT researchers use AI to uncover atomic defects in materials A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials’ mechanical strength, heat transfer, and energy-conversion efficiency.
March 12, 2026 Curiosity Unbounded, Ep. 18 (VIDEO): Inside Efficient AI: From GPUs to GPTs Prof. Song Han sits down with MIT President, Sally Kornbluth, to discuss efficient AI computing
March 11, 2026 New photonic device efficiently beams light into free space Light-emitting structures that curl off the chip surface could enable advanced displays, high-speed optical communications, and larger-scale quantum computers.
March 4, 2026 Designing a more resilient future for plants, from the cell up Foray Bioscience, founded by Ashley Beckwith SM ’18, PhD ’22, is engineering single plant cells to create new materials and meet growing demand.
February 26, 2026 New method could increase LLM training efficiency By leveraging idle computing time, researchers can double the speed of model training while preserving accuracy.
February 20, 2026 Chip-processing method could assist cryptography schemes to keep data secure By enabling two chips to authenticate each other using a shared fingerprint, this technique can improve privacy and energy efficiency.
February 18, 2026 3D-printing platform rapidly produces complex electric machines Overcoming challenges of 3D printing with multiple functional materials, MIT researchers fabricated an electric linear motor in hours.
February 12, 2026 MTL Visiting Scientist Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award and Honorary Fellowship by BES (India)
February 2, 2026 How generative AI can help scientists synthesize complex materials MIT researchers’ DiffSyn model offers recipes for synthesizing new materials, enabling faster experimentation and a shorter journey from hypothesis to use.
