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.

Starting with a single frame in a simulation, a new system uses generative AI to emulate the dynamics of molecules, connecting static molecular structures and developing blurry pictures into videos.

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

Special report describes targets for advancing technologically feasible and economically viable strategies.

With a new design, the bug-sized bot was able to fly 100 times longer than prior versions.

A new computational model explains how neurons linked to spatial navigation can also help store episodic memories.

The advance holds the promise to reduce error-correction resource overhead.

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

Machine-learning models let neuroscientists study the impact of auditory processing on real-world hearing.

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

Their source could be the core of a dead star that’s teetering at the black hole’s edge, MIT astronomers report.

An experiment in Amsterdam suggests providing better information to people can help move them out of “energy poverty.”

Place cells are known to encode individual locations, but research finds stitching together a “cognitive map” of a whole environment requires a broader ensemble of cells, aided by sleep, over several days.

Professor Evan Lieberman describes new research in which he and colleagues find a sharp partisan divide over providing aid to poor nations.

MAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer writes algorithms that optimize overall function, minimize carbon footprint, and produce a manufacturable design.

Inspired by the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education.

The Thermochromorph printmaking technique developed by CSAIL researchers allows images to transition into each other through changes in temperature.

McGovern Institute neuroscientists use children’s interests to probe language in the brain.

Using the island as a model, researchers demonstrate the “DyMonDS” framework can improve resiliency to extreme weather and ease the integration of new resources.

MIT engineers designed a nanofiltration process that could make aluminum production more efficient while reducing hazardous waste.

MIT physicists develop a predictive formula, based on bacterial communities, that may also apply to other types of ecosystems, including the human GI tract.

New findings illuminate how Prochlorococcus’ nightly “cross-feeding” plays a role in regulating the ocean’s capacity to cycle and store carbon.

Using this model, researchers may be able to identify antibody drugs that can target a variety of infectious diseases.

The fleeting cosmic firework likely emerged from the turbulent magnetosphere around a far-off neutron star.

Stories on tamper-proof ID tags, sound-suppressing silk, and generative AI’s understanding of the world were some of the most popular topics on MIT News.

A new study of the microbiome finds intestinal bacterial interact much less often with viruses that trigger immunity updates than bacteria in the lab.

Philosopher Sam Berstler diagnoses the corrosive effects of not acknowledging troubling truths.

Biodiversity researchers tested vision systems on how well they could retrieve relevant nature images. More advanced models performed well on simple queries but struggled with more research-specific prompts.

As part of a high-resolution biosensing device without wires, the antennas could help researchers decode intricate electrical signals sent by cells.

MIT engineers developed AI frameworks to identify evidence-driven hypotheses that could advance biologically inspired materials.

A small fleet of autonomous surface vessels forms a large sonar array for finding submerged objects.

The technique provides researchers with a powerful tool for controlling magnetism, and could help in designing faster, smaller, more energy-efficient memory chips.

An electronic stacking technique could exponentially increase the number of transistors on chips, enabling more efficient AI hardware.

Industrial policy is said to have sparked huge growth in East Asia. Two MIT economists say the numbers tell a more complex story.

The company has announced that it will build the first grid-scale fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia.

With models like AlphaFold3 limited to academic research, the team built an equivalent alternative, to encourage innovation more broadly.

A better understanding of construction industry stakeholders’ motivations can lead to greater adoption of circular practices.

Using high-powered lasers, this new method could help biologists study the body’s immune responses and develop new medicines.

A new technique identifies and removes the training examples that contribute most to a machine-learning model’s failures.

Using LLMs to convert machine-learning explanations into readable narratives could help users make better decisions about when to trust a model.

The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative will bring together researchers from across the Institute to deliver health care solutions at scale.

The team’s detection method, which identified 138 space rocks ranging from bus- to stadium-sized, could aid in tracking potential asteroid impactors.

MIT engineers show how detailed mapping of weather conditions and energy demand can guide optimization for siting renewable energy installations.

MIT chemical engineers designed an environmentally friendly alternative to the microbeads used in some health and beauty products.

MIT engineers developed the largest open-source dataset of car designs, including their aerodynamics, that could speed design of eco-friendly cars and electric vehicles.

MIT chemical engineers have devised a way to capture methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and convert it into polymers.

International research co-led by Professor Fotini Christia finds an approach lauded in the US works differently in other regions.

Researchers propose a simple fix to an existing technique that could help artists, designers, and engineers create better 3D models.

Volha Charnysh’s new book examines refugees and state-building in Germany and Poland after World War II, as new residents spurred economic and civic growth.