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The inaugural PITCH.nano competition, hosted by MIT.nano’s hard technology accelerator START.nano, provided a platform …

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has announced that two MIT affiliates have been named 2025 Packard Fellows for …

Born in Palermo, Sicily, Giorgio Rizzo spent his childhood curious about the natural world. “I have always been fascina…

For Priya Donti, childhood trips to India were more than an opportunity to visit extended family. The biennial journeys…

Tokamaks are machines that are meant to hold and harness the power of the sun. These fusion machines use powerful magne…

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright ’85 visited MIT on Monday, meeting Institute leaders, discussing energy innovatio…

The new TX-Generative AI Next (TX-GAIN) computing system at the  Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center   (LLSC) is t…

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Concrete already builds our world, and now it’s one step closer to powering it, too. Made by combining cement, water, u…