Peter Temin PhD ’64, the MIT Elisha Gray II Professor of Economics, emeritus, passed away on Aug. 4. He was […]

Foundation for U.S. breakthroughs feels shakier to researchers — Harvard Gazette
With each dollar of its grants, the National Institutes of Health — the world’s largest funder of biomedical research — […]

Helping data storage keep up with the AI revolution | MIT News
Artificial intelligence is changing the way businesses store and access their data. That’s because traditional data storage systems were designed […]

How MIT LGO alumni are powering Amazon’s global operations | MIT News
If you’ve urgently ordered a package from Amazon — and exhaled when it arrived on your doorstep hours later — […]

Working through pain? You’re not alone. — Harvard Gazette
A new study of functional abilities in the U.S. labor market reveals a workforce both vulnerable and resilient, with a […]

Slavery researchers seek more detailed picture of pre-Civil War Harvard — Harvard Gazette
In their efforts to trace the descendants of enslaved people connected to Harvard, researchers with American Ancestors first had to […]

AI helps chemists develop tougher plastics | MIT News
A new strategy for strengthening polymer materials could lead to more durable plastics and cut down on plastic waste, according […]

MIT tool visualizes and edits “physically impossible” objects | MIT News
M.C. Escher’s artwork is a gateway into a world of depth-defying optical illusions, featuring “impossible objects” that break the laws […]

Is dirty air driving up dementia rates? — Harvard Gazette
Antonella Zanobetti was conducting groundbreaking research to examine links between exposure to environmental factors, such as pollution and heat, and […]

Excerpt from “By the Second Spring” by Danielle Leavitt — Harvard Gazette
Excerpted from “By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine” by Danielle Leavitt, Ph.D. […]