“I wanted to save lives”
When Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell ’06 won the National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award, the country’s top honor for
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This octopus-inspired adhesive can stick to just about anything
A new adhesive technology pays homage to one of nature’s strongest sources of suction: an octopus tentacle. Researchers replicated an
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The Download: Roblox’s generative AI, and tech for humanity
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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Kamala Harris should stand with tech workers, not their bosses
Tangled up in the contest to be the next US president, there is another battle brewing: Silicon Valley vs. Silicon
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Lakes and seas on Titan may be shaped by waves
Saturn’s moon Titan is the only body in the solar system besides Earth that has active lakes and seas—in this
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Screening new materials with computer vision
Boosting the performance of solar cells and other devices will require novel electronic materials that researchers are working to identify
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A tool that lets users fight misinformation online
Social media platforms are often urged to fight the spread of misinformation through content moderation, but two MIT-affiliated researchers are
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Thousands celebrate Tech Reunions ’24
Take a beautiful spring weekend, add brass rats and Tim the Beaver swag, mix in technology talks and outdoor activities,
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How a butterfly’s scales are born
A butterfly’s wing is covered in hundreds of thousands of tiny scales, like miniature shingles on a paper-thin roof. A
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