In almost every lab at the Institute, researchers are delving into AI. And the tools they’re developing and deploying have already turbocharged existing methods and opened new pathways to discovery.
Sam Calisch, SM ’14, PhD ’19, wants to make your kitchen greener—and bolster the grid at the same time. He’s starting with battery-powered electric ranges that plug into a standard outlet.
As artificial intelligence changes how we teach, learn, and do research, we’re exploring best practices—and working to ensure that students leave the Institute prepared to succeed in an AI-powered world.
To celebrate Pi Day this year, Admissions Blogger Ellie Feng ’28 organized a celebration of the Institute in pastry form, resulting in the baking of 30 MIT-themed pies.
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We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines a very different kind of solar system that could harbor life-forms we haven’t yet thought of.
Harnessing heat generated by a device itself, microscopic silicon structures could lead to more energy-efficient thermal sensing and signal processing.
MIT researchers have found that an atmospheric condition called an inversion determines how oppressive heat waves get and how long they last—and the phenomenon is getting more common in parts of the United States.