MIT scientists investigate memorization risk in the age of clinical AI

New research demonstrates how AI models can be tested to ensure they don’t cause harm by revealing anonymized patient health data.

New research may help scientists predict when a humid heat wave will break

As these events become more common at midlatitudes, a phenomenon called an atmospheric inversion will determine how long they last.

3D print

One pull of a string is all it takes to deploy these complex structures

A new method could enable users to design portable medical devices, like a splint, that can be rapidly converted from flat panels to a 3D object without any tools.

MIT in the media: 2025 in review

MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.

MIT community in 2025: A year in review

Top stories highlighted the Institute’s leading positions in world and national rankings; new collaboratives tackling manufacturing, generative AI, and quantum; how one professor influenced hundreds of thousands of students around the world; and more.

MIT’s top research stories of 2025

Concrete batteries, AI-developed antibiotics, the ozone’s recovery, and a more natural bionic knee were some of the most popular topics on MIT News.

3 Questions: How to launch a successful climate and energy venture

A new book by experts at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship offers 24 steps to success.

Study: High-fat diets make liver cells more likely to become cancerous

New research suggests liver cells exposed to too much fat revert to an immature state that is more susceptible to cancer-causing mutations.

Study: More eyes on the skies will help planes reduce climate-warming contrails

Images from geostationary satellites alone aren’t enough to help planes avoid contrail-prone regions, MIT researchers report.

Anything-goes “anyons” may be at the root of surprising quantum experiments

MIT physicists say these quasiparticles may explain how superconductivity and magnetism can coexist in certain materials.