AI stirs up the recipe for concrete in MIT study

With demand for cement alternatives rising, an MIT team uses machine learning to hunt for new ingredients across the scientific literature.

Andrew Paul Laurent | MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub • mit
June 2, 2025 ~5 min

Teaching AI models the broad strokes to sketch more like humans do

SketchAgent, a drawing system developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, sketches up concepts stroke-by-stroke, teaching language models to visually express concepts on their own and collaborate with humans.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
June 2, 2025 ~7 min


3 Questions: How to help students recognize potential bias in their AI datasets

Courses on developing AI models for health care need to focus more on identifying and addressing bias, says Leo Anthony Celi.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
June 2, 2025 ~9 min

Rationale engineering generates a compact new tool for gene therapy

Researchers redesign a compact RNA-guided enzyme from bacteria, making it an efficient editor of human DNA.

Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
May 28, 2025 ~8 min

A high-fat diet sets off metabolic dysfunction in cells, leading to weight gain

Researchers also found these effects can be reversed by treatment with an antioxidant.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
May 28, 2025 ~7 min

Critical minerals don’t belong in landfills – microwave tech offers a cleaner way to reclaim them from e-waste

Inside every smartphone and laptop are tiny specks of valuable materials, many of which are still lost even when you take your old electronics to a recycling center.

Terence Musho, Associate Professor of Engineering, West Virginia University • conversation
May 28, 2025 ~8 min

New fuel cell could enable electric aviation

These devices could pack three times as much energy per pound as today’s best EV batteries, offering a lightweight option for powering trucks, planes, or ships.

David L. Chandler | MIT News • mit
May 27, 2025 ~11 min

MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing

The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
May 27, 2025 ~9 min


Overlooked cells might explain the human brain’s huge storage capacity

MIT researchers developed a new model of memory that includes critical contributions from astrocytes, a class of brain cells.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
May 27, 2025 ~9 min

MIT physicists discover a new type of superconductor that’s also a magnet

The “one-of-a-kind” phenomenon was observed in ordinary graphite.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
May 22, 2025 ~10 min

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