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An MIT spinout is making surgical stitching more like applying tape: SanaHeal has developed a biologically compatible adhesive that sticks to wet tissues. Its product was inspired by sticky materials in nature, like barnacles and spider webs. news.mit.edu/2026/sanaheal-m…

MIT spinout makes surgical stitching more like applying a sticky note

SanaHeal, founded by MIT alumnus Hyunwoo Yuk, developed a biologically compatible adhesive material that rapidly sticks to wet tissues. The technology could replace sutures and simplify surgical...

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AI has reshaped materials science by proposing new structures. But many potential structures are stored in databases, inaccessible to large language models. To overcome this, researchers created a vision-language model for crystalline materials. news.mit.edu/2026/giving-ai-…

Giving AI a “crystal clear” view of the materials world

MIT researchers created an AI model that can identify optimal crystalline materials for various applications. The model combines 3D atomic structures with natural language descriptions to character...

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Researchers at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) analyzed over 15,000 ice cliffs in Antarctica to reveal how they behave over time. news.mit.edu/2026/satellite-…

Satellite data reveal how Antarctica’s ice cliffs behave over time

Analyzing over 15,000 ice cliffs in Antarctica over a four-year period, scientists learned how the ice cliffs and the larger ice sheet behind them evolved over time. They found ice cliff collapse...

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A new technique significantly improves weather forecasting beyond two weeks. The researchers developed a machine-learning model that learns to correct errors in existing forecasting models to improve their output over the two-to-six-week time frame, including for extreme weather events. news.mit.edu/2026/researcher…

Researchers improve weather forecasts looking two to six weeks out

A new technique significantly improves weather forecasting beyond two weeks. Researchers developed a machine-learning model that learns to correct errors in existing forecasting models to make their...

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MIT engineers have developed a new way to program natural killer (NK) immune cells to target cancerous T cells or T cells that have become autoreactive, leading to diseases such as lymphoma and autoimmune hepatitis. news.mit.edu/2026/reprogramm…

Reprogrammed NK immune cells target cancer and autoimmune disorders

MIT engineers developed lipid nanoparticles that deliver mRNA to program natural killer (NK) cells inside the body. These CAR NK cells could be used to treat T cell cancers or autoimmune disorders...

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Rather than asking what AI can do, ImpactBench asks what AI does to people: how it shapes human psychology, autonomy, and wellbeing. media.mit.edu/posts/research…

Researchers Launch AI Nutrition Labels, A New Tool Measuring AI’s Impact on Human Wellbeing – MIT...

ImpactBench measures AI's impact on human health and wellbeing. MIT Media Lab's framework evaluates 807 metrics across 26 benchmarks.

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Economists Robert E. Hall PhD ’67 and Michael Woodford PhD ’83 share Nobel prize: The MIT alumni are honored for work that illuminates how government policy can spur growth in response to economic downturns. news.mit.edu/2026/robert-hal…

Economists Robert Hall PhD ’67 and Michael Woodford PhD ’83 share Nobel Prize

MIT alumni Robert Hall PhD ’67 and Michael Woodford PhD ’83 have been awarded the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

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Congratulations to Robert E. Hall PhD ’67 and Michael Woodford PhD ’83! 👏
The Nobel Prize
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.” #NobelPrize
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“In physical therapy, you often need to gather patient data on how they are moving and stretching their arm during rehabilitation. Surface shape sensing could be very useful in that way,” says graduate student Qifan Yu. news.mit.edu/2026/shape-sens…

Shape-sensing sheet digitally tracks its movement as it bends and twists

MIT engineers developed a flexible, shape-sensing sheet that digitally reconstructs its own form as it bends and twists. The sheet could be fashioned into a soft and pliable garment that a user could...

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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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Observations of a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf show a new way that stars and their planetary companions can interact: “Instead of swallowing the thing up, the star can gradually eat it, for billions of years,” Kevin Burdge says. news.mit.edu/2026/astronomer…

Astronomers catch a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf, 300 light years away

Scientists discovered a star leisurely snacking on a closely orbiting brown dwarf. This is the first observation of a low-mass object slowly and steadily consuming material from another low-mass...

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A report developed by MIT students, based on both existing research and interviews with current aerospace professionals, serves as a guide for founders and investors in the industry. news.mit.edu/2026/guide-to-n…

The next generation’s guide to the new space economy

Students in an MIT aerospace entrepreneurship class interviewed more than 50 industry leaders to create a guide to the new space economy, exploring aerospace startups, venture capital, commercial...

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The startup Encora Therapeutics began as a project in 2.009, MIT’s iconic product-design class, to help people with Parkinson’s disease. Now, nine years later, the FDA has cleared Encora’s device to help adults with essential tremor. news.mit.edu/2026/mit-class-…

MIT class project turns into an FDA-cleared treatment for tremors

Encora Therapeutics, which developed a wrist-based device that reduces essential tremor, started as a project in MIT’s famous product-design class, 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes).

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Since 2015, Craig Rowe has been the lead crew chief of the Gulfstream IV, part of the aircraft fleet at MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Flight Test Facility (FTF) on Hanscom Air Force Base. "These aircraft are test beds for the U.S. Department of War," Rowe says. news.mit.edu/2026/craig-rowe…

Craig Rowe soars to new heights

Aircraft mechanic Craig Rowe of MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Flight Test Facility is lead crew chief of the Gulfstream IV and oversaw its major modification over the past seven years — a leadership role...

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Most colon cancer deaths are caused by the spread of tumor cells beyond the colon, usually to the liver. In a new study, MIT biologists identified a cellular pathway necessary for colorectal cancer metastasis. Drugs that block the pathway may help prevent metastasis. news.mit.edu/2026/biologists…

Biologists identify a cellular pathway that allows colorectal cancer to metastasize

MIT biologists found that a high-fat diet drives colon cancer cells to switch on YAP1, a regenerative program required for the cancer to spread to the liver. Drugs blocking ceramide production could...

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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.
At left, grayscale photo of an older Claude Shannon posing at a blackboard. At right, color photo of a bust of Shannon, pensive and looking down, in front of glass windows on a sunny day.

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Lifesaving Lincoln Laboratory device wins 2026 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award news.mit.edu/2026/lifesaving…

Lifesaving Lincoln Laboratory device wins 2026 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award

AI-GUIDE, an AI-assisted catheterization device developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Massachusetts General Hospital, was chosen for the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s 2026 Excellence in Technol...

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A new study from MIT researchers could help to enable next-generation lidar sensors that are compact, durable, and have no moving parts. The key advance is a novel design for a silicon-photonics chip, which is a semiconductor device that manipulates light rather than electricity. news.mit.edu/2026/photonics-…

Photonics advance could enable compact, high-performance lidar sensors

MIT researchers demonstrated an advanced silicon-photonics chip-based system that could enable compact, durable, solid-state, high-performance lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles and other demand...

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Autumnal equinox will arrive today at 8:05 pm EDT. 🍁🍃 🍂
A tree with yellow leaves stands in front of a modern glass building under a clear blue sky. The sun shines brightly through the branches.

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