MIT’s delta v accelerator receives $6M gift to supercharge startups being built by student founders

Ed Hallen MBA ’12 and Andrew Bialecki, co-founders of tech firm Klaviyo, will help to meet increased student demand for building impactful ventures.

More trees where they matter, please

An international study reveals disparities in urban shade levels, exacerbating the “heat island” effect in big cities.

Study reveals climatic fingerprints of wildfires and volcanic eruptions

In research that could help elucidate humans’ role in global warming, scientists showed how three major natural events impacted global atmospheric temperatures.

Exploring materials at the atomic scale

The X-ray diffraction and imaging facility at MIT.nano adds a new tool to support research in a wide variety of disciplines.

3 Questions: Exploring the mechanisms underlying changes during infection

Zuri Sullivan, a new assistant professor of biology and Whitehead Institute member, studies why we get sick, and whether aspects of illness, such as disrupted appetite, contribute to host defense.

Fragile X study uncovers brain wave biomarker bridging humans and mice

Researchers find mice modeling the autism spectrum disorder fragile X syndrome exhibit the same pattern of differences in low-frequency waves as humans — a new marker for treatment studies.

Chip-processing method could assist cryptography schemes to keep data secure

By enabling two chips to authenticate each other using a shared fingerprint, this technique can improve privacy and energy efficiency.

Study: AI chatbots provide less-accurate information to vulnerable users

Research from the MIT Center for Constructive Communication finds leading AI models perform worse for users with lower English proficiency, less formal education, and non-US origins.

MIT faculty, alumni named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows

Annual award honors early-career researchers for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.

Exposing biases, moods, personalities, and abstract concepts hidden in large language models

A new method developed at MIT could root out vulnerabilities and improve LLM safety and performance.