Since an MIT team introduced expansion microscopy in 2015, the technique has powered the science behind kidney disease, plant seeds, the microbiome, Alzheimer’s, viruses, and more.

The technology, which achieves single-cell resolution, could help in continuous, noninvasive patient assessment to guide medical treatments.

MIT engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals, and could reduce the bulk of conventional goggles and scopes.

MIT engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals, and could reduce the bulk of conventional goggles and scopes.

A new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy semiconductors.

A new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy semiconductors.

Speakers described challenges and potential solutions for producing materials to meet demands associated with data centers, infrastructure, and other technology.

Professor Craig Carter’s precision design for a student-led project now on the moon encodes messages from around the world on a silicon wafer.

Professor Craig Carter’s precision design for a student-led project now on the moon encodes messages from around the world on a silicon wafer.

Entrepreneur and educator Vanessa Chan PhD ’00 explores how to bridge the gap between invention and market.

Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5.

Connected by the MIT Human Insight Collaborative, Lecturer Mi-Eun Kim and Research Scientist Praneeth Namburi want to develop an understanding of musical expression and skill development.

The undergraduate lab’s first microscope competition highlights stunning images and student ingenuity.

Inaugural cohort of Tecnológico de Monterrey undergraduates participate in immersive practicum at MIT featuring desktop fiber-extrusion devices, or FrEDs.

Scaling up nanoparticle production could help scientists test new cancer treatments.

Metallurgist brings experience in interdisciplinary collaboration and close engagement with industry.

Metallurgist brings experience in interdisciplinary collaboration and close engagement with industry.

Mechanical metamaterials research demands interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation, say researchers from MechE's Portela Lab.

Mechanical metamaterials research demands interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation, say researchers from MechE's Portela Lab.

With the new system, farmers could significantly cut their use of pesticides and fertilizers, saving money and reducing runoff.

In MIT’s 2025 Killian Lecture, physicist John Joannopoulos recounts highlights from a career at the vanguard of photonics research and innovation.

MIT engineers developed a way to grow artificial tissues that look and act like their natural counterparts.

The Institute also ranks second in seven subject areas.

Graduate student and MathWorks Fellow Louis DeRidder is developing a device to make chemotherapy dosing more accurate for individual patients.

Agreement between MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and GlobalFoundries aims to deliver power efficiencies for data centers and ultra-low power consumption for intelligent devices at the edge.

Tests suggest these powerful magnets will not suffer immediate loss of performance during irradiation.

Rhombohedral graphene reveals new exotic interacting electron states.

Rhombohedral graphene reveals new exotic interacting electron states.

MIT researchers developed a fiber computer and networked several of them into a garment that learns to identify physical activities.

When scientists stimulated cells to produce a protein that helps “water bears” survive extreme environments, the tissue showed much less DNA damage after radiation treatment.

For the past decade, the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab has strengthened MIT faculty efforts in water and food research and innovation.

Eight researchers, along with 13 additional alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education.

They combined a blend of slimy and sticky proteins to produce a fast-acting, bacteria-blocking, waterproof adhesive for use in biomedical applications.

With technology developed at MIT, 6K is helping to bring critical materials production back to the U.S. without toxic byproducts.

With technology developed at MIT, 6K is helping to bring critical materials production back to the U.S. without toxic byproducts.

By determining how readily electron pairs flow through this material, scientists have taken a big step toward understanding its remarkable properties.

The MIT senior will pursue a master’s program at Cambridge University in the UK.

Faculty members and additional MIT alumni are among 400 scientists and engineers recognized for outstanding leadership potential.

The associate leader in the Advanced Materials and Microsystems Group at Lincoln Laboratory strongly believes in the power of collaboration and how it seeds innovation.

Builders pour concrete into temporary molds called formwork. MIT researchers invented a way to make these structures out of on-site soil.

The nanoparticle-based vaccine shows promise against many variants of SARS-CoV-2, as well as related sarbecoviruses that could jump to humans.

The work introduces a new platform for studying quantum materials.

With seven new startups, MIT.nano's program for hard-tech ventures expands to more than 20 companies.

Findings reported by MIT researchers may have significant implications in material design.

Using the Earth itself as a chemical reactor could reduce the need for fossil-fuel-powered chemical plants.

Using the Earth itself as a chemical reactor could reduce the need for fossil-fuel-powered chemical plants.

Rapid development and deployment of powerful generative AI models comes with environmental consequences, including increased electricity demand and water consumption.

With their recently-developed neural network architecture, MIT researchers can wring more information out of electronic structure calculations.

The work opens new avenues for understanding and manipulating electrons in materials.

Undergraduate class blends science, hands-on experimentation, and a love for coffee to fuel curiosity.