Study: Platforms that rank the latest LLMs can be unreliable

Removing just a tiny fraction of the crowdsourced data that informs online ranking platforms can significantly change the results.

How MIT’s 10th president shaped the Cold War

For several decades beginning in the 1950s, the Killian Report set the frontiers of military technology, intelligence gathering, national security policy, and global affairs.

“This is science!” – MIT president talks about the importance of America’s research enterprise on GBH’s Boston Public Radio

MIT faculty join The Curiosity Desk to discuss football, math, Olympic figure skating, AI and the quest to cure ovarian cancer.

I’m walking here! A new model maps foot traffic in New York City

The first complete charting of foot traffic in any US city can be used for infrastructure decisions and safety improvements.

Some early life forms may have breathed oxygen well before it filled the atmosphere

A new study suggests aerobic respiration began hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought.

T. Alan Hatton receives Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education

Former Chemical Engineering Practice School director recognized by the National Academy of Engineering for decades of leadership advancing immersive, industry-centered learning at MIT.

A satellite language network in the brain

Researchers find a component of the brain’s dedicated language network in the cerebellum, a region better known for coordinating movement.

Helping AI agents search to get the best results out of large language models

EnCompass executes AI agent programs by backtracking and making multiple attempts, finding the best set of outputs generated by an LLM. It could help coders work with AI agents more efficiently.

New vaccine platform promotes rare protective B cells

Based on a virus-like particle built with a DNA scaffold, the approach could generate broadly neutralizing antibody responses against HIV or influenza.

“Essential” torch heralds the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics

Professor of the practice Carlo Ratti designed this year’s Olympic torch with the ethos and principles he brings to his work at MIT.