“I don't see, at this point, how AI-generated advice is spiritually different from travel guide articles that you might read on certain websites,” says MIT EECS Prof. Yoon Kim on using #ArtificialIntelligence to help plan your travel. USA TODAY usatoday.com/story/travel/2…

We’re excited that Pathways to Invention, award-winning documentary supported by Lemelson-MIT Program and the School of Engineering, premieres on PBS in May. It follows twelve inventors as they develop technological solutions to problems in their communities. news.mit.edu/2024/pathways-…

Yoel Fink and fellow MIT researchers from MIT EECS, MIT ChemE Dept, and other institutions developed a silk fabric, which is barely thicker than a human hair, that can suppress unwanted noise and reduce noise transmission in a large room. MIT School of Engineering buff.ly/4dol0dP

What does it take to become a world-record jigsaw puzzler? @miteecs alum Tammy McLeod (front left of the photo) has the answer. MIT Alumni alum.mit.edu/slice/mit-alum…

'Our results imply that in the early universe, supermassive black holes might have gained their mass before their host galaxies did, and the initial black hole seeds could have been more massive than today.' news.mit.edu/2024/mit-astro…

Associate Professor Lydia Bourouiba’s research on fluid dynamics influenced new guidance from the World Health Organization that will shape how health agencies respond to respiratory infectious diseases.
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Prof. Jonathan Ragan-Kelley in MIT EECS specializes in high-performance, domain-specific programming languages and machine learning that enable 2D and 3D graphics, visual effects, and computational photography. news.mit.edu/2024/creating-…

Yesterday, Dean Anantha Chandrakasan and Provost Cynthia Barnhart hosted “Chat MIT: Sam Altman in Conversation with Sally Kornbluth” for a full house of MIT students, faculty, and staff.

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Dean Anantha Chandrakasan joined a group of MIT EECS students, and snapped a selfie, at the IEEE Awards Welcome Reception last night. The students are members of the MIT IEEE/ACM Club.

Nuno Loureiro, professor of nuclear science and engineering and of physics, has been appointed the new director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, effective May 1. news.mit.edu/2024/nuno-lour…

Julie Shah ’04, SM ’06, PhD ’11, the H.N. Slater Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics, has been named the new head of the Department of MIT AeroAstro, effective May 1. news.mit.edu/2024/julie-sha…

Spring has sprung on Killian Court 🌸

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New sensors developed in part by MIT ChemE Dept engineers could help farmers detect when crops are experiencing too much light or heat, or attack from insects or microbes. news.mit.edu/2024/plant-sen…

'There is one constant in everything she does: an indefatigable curiosity that pushes her toward the edge of risk—or, as she likes to call it, 'the intellectual abyss.''
- MIT Technology Review profile, Polina Anikeeva Bioelectronics @ MIT MIT School of Engineering MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences technologyreview.com/2024/04/23/109…

In research that may lead to next-generation airplanes and spacecraft, #MIT engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites. MIT AeroAstro MIT School of Engineering news.mit.edu/2024/nanostitc…

A new undergraduate major in climate system science and engineering prepares students with the foundational expertise across disciplines to confront climate change. #earthday @mit_cee @eapsmit news.mit.edu/2024/new-major…

In an approach they call “nanostitching,” engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composite materials. The work “could lead to more resilient aircraft, space, and military vehicles,” Brian Wardle says. mitsha.re/Vmgh50Ria0X

MIT engineers in the Collins Lab are hunting down antibiotic-resistant bacteria with the help of AI. @MITDeptofBE MIT IMES news.mit.edu/2024/mit-scien…

As a fellow in the MIT Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Engineering Excellence, Shaniel Bowen explores a topic that has seen little research — women's sexual anatomy and health. news.mit.edu/2024/shaniel-b… MIT IMES

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A team of MIT #researchers are exploring the key drivers of #GenAI 's rapid growth and why #sustainability considerations are lacking – calling for more responsible development of Gen-AI using a comparative benefit-cost evaluation framework. Read more: impactclimate.mit.edu/2024/04/10/con…