In its decades-long quest to mimic life, robotics has never had much trouble duplicating its brute force. Machines have long ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is distancing itself from a headline-making paper about AI’s purported ability to accelerate the speed of science. Toner-Rodgers’ work even earned ...

MIT says the percentage of Black, Hispanic, Native American, Pacific Islander students in its incoming freshman class has plummeted, tying it to 2023’s Supreme Court ruling banning affirmative action.

Friction keeps the system moving. MIT’s research shows that 5% of GenAI pilots succeed by embracing resistance, both human and organizational, as well as technical, as the crucible of adaptation and ...

Humans began mixing crushed limestone with water to make cement over 2,000 years ago, and the material is still in use today as the main ingredient in concrete. Concrete is the second-most used ...

One of the things that we’re working on right now at MIT is a tool that will help all kinds of people to create more applications based on the new technology that we have. There’s so much coming out ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced it will shut down its DEI office, joining a raft of universities scrambling to scale back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs amid ...

How do you build a cross country team at one of the world's most prestigious universities? Under Riley Macon, MIT has aimed for solutions. Riley Macon often has trouble keeping track of all the ...

From an e-mail just circulated by President Sally Kornbluth: Dear members of the MIT community, The war in the Middle East continues to cause anguish and conflict here at MIT. Some have expressed ...

The shooting death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at his home near Boston is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. Nuno Loureiro, 47, from Portugal, was ...