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We’ve lost an icon. Margaret Hamilton, a computer science pioneer best known for her work at MIT leading development of the flight software for the Apollo missions to the moon, has died at 90. Read about her legacy via MIT News: news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-h…
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Did you know the original Claude — the chatbot’s namesake, according to Anthropic lore — was a renowned MIT professor? Claude Shannon SM ’40, PhD ’40, who taught at MIT from 1956 until his retirement in 1978, was known to many as the father of information theory and of modern digital communications.
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Autumnal equinox will arrive today at 8:05 pm EDT. 🍁🍃 🍂
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In remembrance of the September 11 attacks, 25 years later.
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“If their DNA could be retrained, maybe microbes could deliver nitrogen directly to wheat, corn, and other crops when it’s most needed.” Chris Voigt is helping turn that idea into reality by engineering microbes to work harder and smarter. Read his story: curiositymission.org/stories…
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Scientists unveil more than 600 new tissue models of human cancer: Derived from patient tumor samples and available to researchers around the world, the cells will aid the development of new cancer treatments. news.mit.edu/2026/scientists…
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Imagine a bottle of hazardous chemicals that can change appearance if its lid is not secured. A new 3D-printing system enables users to produce interactive objects that can change appearance mechanically, without the use of internal electronics. news.mit.edu/2026/shiftlens-…
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As a fifth-year PhD candidate in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Smith studies sodium-ion batteries, an emerging alternative to the lithium-ion batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles. His research aims to make energy storage both more affordable and more sustainable. news.mit.edu/2026/building-e…
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Does the ocean know how to cure cancer? Inspired by how mollusks grow their shells, Angela Belcher is developing a new way to help detect and treat cancer earlier. #CuriosityOnAMission Read her story: curiositymission.org/stories…
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MIT physicist Pablo Jarillo-Herrero explains his groundbreaking work in twistronics to Edgar B. Herwick III in the time it takes to finish a cone of soft serve. Their order? Vanilla with pistachio crumble topping. 🍦 piped.video/watch?v=eflYo-Jh…
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MIT faculty, students, and alumni featured in Scientific American’s “The Young American Scientists” issue. 🧵(4/4) scientificamerican.com/repor…
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MIT faculty, students, and alumni featured in Scientific American’s “The Young American Scientists” issue. 🧵 (3/4) scientificamerican.com/repor…
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MIT faculty, students, and alumni featured in Scientific American’s “The Young American Scientists” issue. 🧵 (2/4) scientificamerican.com/repor…
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President Sally Kornbluth and a number of MIT faculty, students, and alumni are featured in @sciam “The Young American Scientists” issue, which highlights early career researchers, examines the current state of science in the United States, and offers reasons to be optimistic about the future. 🧵 (1/4) scientificamerican.com/repor… Graphics: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT
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In honor of the holiday weekend commemorating 250 years of independence, here are 10 free MIT courses to spark your curiosity about the origins of the American Revolution. openlearning.mit.edu/news/re…
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For 250 years, discovery, courage, and tenacity have driven this country forward and will continue to. From medicine to infrastructure to breakthroughs we can't yet imagine, science touches every part of daily life because someone, somewhere followed their curiosity. What are you curious about?  #CuriosityOnAMission curiositymission.org/
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Did you know these fun facts about MIT? 🧵(1/6)
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Some of the most important things in life feel ordinary, until you stop and think about what makes them possible. A cure. A car. A comet. Someone right now is chasing answers to questions we haven't even asked yet. This is #CuriosityOnAMission. 🔬 What are you curious about? curiositymission.org/
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MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit involved in processing new information that may be linked to schizophrenia, offering insight into why some individuals lose touch with reality. news.mit.edu/2026/brain-circ…
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Over the past decade, MIT engineers have been working on ways to restore hepatocyte function without a surgical liver transplant. Injectable “satellite livers” could offer an alternative to liver transplantation. news.mit.edu/2026/injectable…
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Data centers are projected to account for anywhere from 9 to 17 percent of total electricity usage in the U.S. by the end of the decade. Today, around a third of data center electricity is devoted to cooling the chips that run AI models. That’s the process Ferveret is working to make more efficient. news.mit.edu/2026/nuclear-in…
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How can we recreate the power of the sun? That question started as a class project for Zach Hartwig and led to one of science’s biggest challenges. Today he and his team at Commonwealth Fusion Systems are helping bring fusion energy down to earth. Read his story: curiositymission.org/stories… #CuriosityOnAMission
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As we celebrate 250 years of American independence, we are reminded that MIT was founded in the same spirit: to advance knowledge, foster innovation, and serve the country through education, research, and discovery. understanding.mit.edu/
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Every year, about 85,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer. While treatment is often successful, bladder cancer has one of the highest rates of recurrence of any cancer. MIT researchers have now developed a new way to regularly monitor those patients, which could enable regrowing tumors to be detected much earlier. news.mit.edu/2026/new-sensor…
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Prof. John G. Trump not only embodies the spirit of thousands of MIT faculty and researchers past and present—he was a foundational figure in the public-private innovation engine that has engaged broad talent and secured America's technological dominance for generations. His curiosity and determination led him on scientific missions that continue to serve us all. 10/10
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One of MIT's longest-serving faculty members, Prof. John G. Trump was more than a teacher and researcher—he was a mentor who ignited a passion for discovery in his students. A champion of making science accessible, he co-designed and funded the Boston Museum of Science and its Theater of Electricity enjoyed by millions of visitors since the 1970s. 9/10
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Radar for national defense. Radiation therapy for public health. Research in nuclear science, materials, food and environmental safety solutions, and training youth. All were born from a partnership among a brilliant mind, generations of his students, a university, and a government that, over decades, valued the power of investing in science. 8/10
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Returning to his lab at MIT from the war, John G. Trump led the spin-out of his research, founding High Voltage Engineering Corp in Cambridge with Drs. Van de Graff and Robinson in 1946. HVEC, funded by America’s first modern venture capital firm, became the template America follows today, including Silicon Valley: translating cutting-edge university research and government investment into market innovations. 7/10
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In 1943, when Nikola Tesla—legendary engineer and inventor—passed away in his NYC hotel room, the FBI called MIT Prof. John G. Trump, whose expertise made him the person they trusted to evaluate Tesla's innovations and determine their significance to national security. 6/10
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John G. Trump led the British Branch of the MIT Rad Lab in 1944 and is seen here in Paris driving Dr. Lee DuBridge, the lab’s director. He was forward deployed with Eisenhower’s central command, supporting radar integration for D-Day and after, as part of FDR’s strategy for leveraging tech innovations in the war effort. 5/10
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Like Turing and Hopper, John G. Trump was tapped to help the Allied war effort. He joined the National Defense Research Committee as technical aid to then MIT President Karl Taylor Compton eighteen months before Pearl Harbor and became a key builder of MIT's Radiation Laboratory—work that revolutionized radar technology and brought a swifter end to the war. 4/10
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At MIT, John G. Trump found more than a collaborator in Robert Van de Graaff—he discovered the kind of visionary partnership the Institute works to foster. In the revolutionary high-voltage work they explored, this MIT duo saw healing power that saved thousands of lives. Then came WWII. 3/10
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John G. Trump was an electrical engineer who began his career at Western Electric (Bell Labs) in the 1920s. In 1931, he started a PhD at MIT, where he was introduced to the legendary MIT professor Robert Van de Graaff. Their decades-long collaborations would unlock wonders in physics and medicine and train hundreds of students. 2/10
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A newspaper essay about the president’s uncle, MIT Prof. John G. Trump, tells the extraordinary history of his role in D-Day. But there is much more to the story. We’d like to share more about Prof. J.G. Trump as we knew him—a scientist, engineer, educator, entrepreneur, patriot, and MIT legend whose work still impacts us all today. ⚡️🧵1/10 washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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“Congratulations – and warmest best wishes to you for a happy life and fulfilling career!” Sally Kornbluth to the Class of 2026.
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“Curiosity is the force that transforms deadly cancers into treatable conditions… that turns fusion energy from a dream to a reality…that uncovers new ways to grow more food using less of every resource,” says MIT President Sally Kornbluth. #CuriosityOnAMission
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MIT President Sally Kornbluth to the Class of 2026.
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“People with a sense of purpose. Judgment. Courage. People who look at a hard problem and say: I know this is important, and we can figure this out. That is exactly who you have become here,” Lisa Su to the Class of 2026.
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Lisa Su ’90, SM ’91, PhD ’94 to the Class of 2026, “Run toward the hardest problems. Hard problems teach you what you're capable of.”
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We honor the women and men who died while serving in the country's armed forces. #MemorialDay
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Steel developed at MIT is key to Formula One, Baja 1000, and MIT Motorsports news.mit.edu/2026/steel-deve…
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Science is Curiosity on a Mission: It includes all of us who ask "why" and make it our mission to find out. These are the discoveries that move the country forward. The pursuit of ideas that seemed impossible until they weren’t. #CuriosityOnAMission
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The Millennium Falcon came for some upgrades. Happy Star Wars Day, everyone! #Maythe4thbewithyou
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Birders, this one’s for you. 🐦 Written for birders and the bird‑curious (no engineering background required!), “Birds Up Close,” by MIT professor Lorna J. Gibson, blends materials science with natural history to explain how birds do what they do so effortlessly. news.mit.edu/2026/engineers-…
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The cancer immunotherapy saving lives today? It started 30-40 years ago with scientists just following their curiosity. President Sally Kornbluth joined Lizzie O’Leary of Slate’s "What Next: TBD" podcast. Basic science isn't always flashy, but it's how we get to the breakthroughs that matter. Sometimes the best investments take decades. piped.video/N6ETeg7dgkw?si=dt9F…
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A new method developed by MIT researchers can accelerate a privacy-preserving artificial intelligence training method by about 81 percent. This advance could enable a wider array of resource-constrained edge devices, like sensors and smartwatches, to deploy more accurate AI models while keeping user data secure. news.mit.edu/2026/enabling-p…
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Antibody treatments for cancer and other diseases are typically delivered intravenously, because of the large volumes that are needed per dose. This means patients have to spend hours in a hospital for every treatment. MIT engineers have now taken a major step toward reformulating antibodies so that they can be injected using a standard syringe. news.mit.edu/2025/new-way-de…
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The vibration of an atom is nature’s steadiest timekeeper; today’s atomic clocks underpin GPS, communications, and electronics worldwide. “But we and other scientists are constantly refining and chasing even more perfect time,” Vladan Vuletić says.
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Engineers have designed a wristband that lets wearers control a robotic hand with their own movements. Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT News
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☘️ Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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