| Tiniest Transistors | | | | | | Nanoscale 3D transistors made from novel materials operate more efficiently than silicon-based devices, potentially enabling ultra-low-power AI applications. The devices have “all the functions that silicon currently has, but with much better energy efficiency,” says postdoc Yanjie Shao. Full story via MIT News → |
| Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world Researchers show that even the best-performing large language models don’t form a true model of the world and its rules, and can thus fail unexpectedly on similar tasks. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Neuroscientists create a comprehensive map of the cerebral cortex Using fMRI, the research team identified 24 networks that perform specific functions within the brain’s cerebral cortex. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Finding a sweet spot between radical and relevant As he invents programmable materials and self-organizing systems, Skylar Tibbits is pushing design boundaries while also solving real-world problems. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Bridging military service and engineering Two MIT graduate students share similar journeys from West Point to MIT. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Killing the messenger A newly characterized anti-viral defense system in bacteria aborts infection through a novel mechanism by chemically altering mRNA. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Artist and designer Es Devlin awarded Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT Exploring biodiversity, linguistic diversity, and collective AI-generated poetry, her work will be honored with a $100K prize, artist residency, and a public lecture at MIT in spring 2025. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| The US is awash in subterranean lithium. This startup wants to get it out // The Boston Globe Lithios, a startup co-founded by Mohammad Alkhadra PhD ’22 and Professor Martin Bazant, is developing “a clean and relatively cheap way to access vast amounts of lithium.” Full story via The Boston Globe → |
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| Opinion: Nuclear power is coming back — and that could be a win for older workers // MarketWatch Joseph Coughlin, director of the MIT AgeLab, examines how the revival of nuclear power could be beneficial for older workers with expertise in the industry. Full story via MarketWatch→ |
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| Opinion: Policymakers need a fresh approach on capital gains tax increases // The Financial Times Professor Fiona Murray highlights the importance of developing a new approach to capital gains tax increases. Full story via The Financial Times→ |
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| Record-breaking ocean slaughter sees millions of fish killed in hours // Gizmodo Using a sonar-based technique called Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing (OAWRS), researchers at MIT have tracked a swarm of cod off the coast of Norway eating millions of migrating capelin fish. Full story via Gizmodo→ |
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In the latest episode of the Curiosity Unbounded podcast, MIT President Sally Kornbluth speaks with Giovanni Traverso, an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and a gastroenterologist at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The two discuss tackling the core challenges of taking medication, the unique perspective that comes with being both a professor and a practicing gastroenterologist, and the importance of entrepreneurship.
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