MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station—and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments—have advanced our ...

Ingestible electronics. Microneedle patches. A capsule that could replace insulin shots. In Giovanni Traverso’s lab, the ...

Madonna Yoder ’17 studied rocks at MIT. But her passion is for paper—with no scissors. Today, she’s a tessellation expert who ...

Encouraged early on by Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi, the “Queen of Carbon” laid the foundation for countless advances in ...

With healthy populations of animals that disperse seeds, tropical forests can absorb up to four times more carbon.

Students chose the MIT colors in 1876, though alumni disputed which class was responsible. Pinpointing the precise shades ...

In a small clinical study, people with above-the-knee amputations said it helped them navigate more easily and felt more like ...

Frank S. Jones, a longtime professor of urban affairs who died in 2022 at age 93, was the first African-American to receive ...

All of our coaches and executives know that every team is using similar data to chase the same goal … to create a World ...

The MIT experience looks different for everyone, and the UAC was launched in 2023 with that in mind, offering individualized ...

One alumni couple on why they’ve interviewed hundreds of MIT applicants—and keep in touch.

City life is often described as “fast-paced.” A study coauthored by MIT scholars suggests that’s more true than ever: The ...