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How telecommunications cables can image the ground beneath us
https://news.mit.edu/2025/how-telecommunications-cables-can-image-ground-beneath-us-0204
Published: February 4, 2025 21:25
By making use of MIT’s existing fiber optic infrastructure, PhD student Hilary Chang imaged the ground underneath campus, a method that can be used to characterize seismic hazards.
Introducing the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium
https://news.mit.edu/2025/introducing-mit-generative-ai-impact-consortium-0203
Published: February 3, 2025 18:55
The consortium will bring researchers and industry together to focus on impact.
User-friendly system can help developers build more efficient simulations and AI models
https://news.mit.edu/2025/user-friendly-system-can-help-developers-build-more-efficient-simulations-and-ai-models-0203
Published: February 3, 2025 05:00
By automatically generating code that leverages two types of data redundancy, the system saves bandwidth, memory, and computation.
With generative AI, MIT chemists quickly calculate 3D genomic structures
https://news.mit.edu/2025/with-generative-ai-mit-chemists-quickly-calculate-3d-genomic-structures-0131
Published: January 31, 2025 19:00
A new approach, which takes minutes rather than days, predicts how a specific DNA sequence will arrange itself in the cell nucleus.
MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-engineers-help-multirobot-systems-stay-safety-zone-0131
Published: January 31, 2025 05:00
New research could improve the safety of drone shows, warehouse robots, and self-driving cars.
Rare and mysterious cosmic explosion: Gamma-ray burst or jetted tidal disruption event?
https://news.mit.edu/2025/rare-mysterious-cosmic-explosion-0129
Published: January 29, 2025 22:00
Researchers characterize the peculiar Einstein Probe transient EP240408a.
Smart carbon dioxide removal yields economic and environmental benefits
https://news.mit.edu/2025/smart-carbon-dioxide-removal-yields-economic-environmental-benefits-0129
Published: January 29, 2025 19:15
MIT study finds a diversified portfolio of carbon dioxide removal options delivers the best return on investment.
New training approach could help AI agents perform better in uncertain conditions
https://news.mit.edu/2025/new-training-approach-could-help-ai-perform-better-0129
Published: January 29, 2025 05:00
Sometimes, it might be better to train a robot in an environment that’s different from the one where it will be deployed.
Kingdoms collide as bacteria and cells form captivating connections
https://news.mit.edu/2025/kingdoms-collide-bacteria-cells-form-captivating-connections-0124
Published: January 24, 2025 20:00
Studying the pathogen R. parkeri, researchers discovered the first evidence of extensive and stable interkingdom contacts between a pathogen and a eukaryotic organelle.
Is this the new playbook for curing rare childhood diseases?
https://news.mit.edu/2025/new-playbook-curing-rare-childhood-diseases-0124
Published: January 24, 2025 20:00
When his son received a devastating diagnosis, Fernando Goldsztein MBA ’03 founded an initiative to help him and others.