Just pull a string to turn these tile patterns into useful 3D structures
MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can spring up from a flat sheet of
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The Download: what Moltbook tells us about AI hype, and the rise and rise of AI therapy
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world
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Everyone wants AI sovereignty. No one can truly have it.
Governments plan to pour $1.3 trillion into AI infrastructure by 2030 to invest in “sovereign AI,” with the premise being
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Powering up (and saving) the planet
Water shortages in Southern California made an indelible impression on Evelyn Wang ’00 when she was growing up in Los
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Building materials are getting closer to doubling as batteries
Concrete already builds our world, and an MIT-invented variant known as electron-conducting carbon concrete (ec3, pronounced “e c cubed”) holds
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Under 10% of an earthquake’s energy makes the ground shake
Earthquakes are driven by energy stored up in rocks over millennia—energy that, once released, we perceive mainly in the form
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Listening to battery failure
Lithium-ion batteries produce faint sounds as they charge, discharge, and degrade. But until now, nobody could interpret those sounds to
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Stand Up for Research, Innovation, and Education
Right now, MIT alumni and friends are voicing their support for: America’s scientific and technological leadership Merit-based admissions and affordable
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Secrets of the sleep-deprived brain
Nearly everyone has experienced it—after a night of poor sleep, your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off
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