New collaborative NSF research center to improve prediction models of outbreaks and prevention strategies Prof. Lydia Bourouiba, the director of the MIT Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory in the Fluids and Health Network, in the […]
Accenture Fellow Shreyaa Raghavan applies machine learning and optimization methods to explore ways to reduce transportation sector emissions. […]
Pathogen removal and ejection from moving surfaces and plant leaves How sessile water droplets detach from moving surfaces and leaves might not be a common everyday thought. To scientists interested in how diseases spread from one […]
Southern California has recently faced a series of devastating wildfires, such as the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have left a trail of destruction and highlighted the region’s increasing vulnerability to natural hazards. These events serve […]
Designing new alloy materials with two or more elements is a complicated process that requires combining information from multiple scales—like zooming in and out between atomic structures and large-scale material properties. Traditionally, this involves experts carefully […]
In 1.101 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design, students tackle real-world challenges through creative problem solving, hands-on design, and collaboration The course introduces students to the creative design process in the context of civil and […]
Findings reported by MIT researchers may have significant implications in material design. […]
Yutao Gong, Brandon Man, and Andrii Zahorodnii will spend 2025-26 at Tsinghua University in China studying global affairs. […]
A major challenge for engineers today is managing the complexity of the systems they design. Consider the task of optimizing a city’s transportation network—deciding whether to invest in a subway system, expand tramlines, subsidize ride-sharing services, […]
MAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer writes algorithms that optimize overall function, minimize carbon footprint, and produce a manufacturable design. […]
Research project embeds autonomous mobility and energy justice into public transit services Jinhua Zhao, Professor of Cities and Transportation, and Gioele Zardini, Rudge (1948) and Nancy Allen Career Development Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, […]
New findings illuminate how Prochlorococcus’ nightly “cross-feeding” plays a role in regulating the ocean’s capacity to cycle and store carbon. […]
A new study of the microbiome finds intestinal bacterial interact much less often with viruses that trigger immunity updates than bacteria in the lab. […]
MIT engineers developed AI frameworks to identify evidence-driven hypotheses that could advance biologically inspired materials. […]
Sensors developed by SMART researchers are capable of detecting pH changes in plant xylem enable farmers to detect drought stress up to 48 hours before visible physical symptoms manifest. […]
