MAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer writes algorithms that optimize overall function, minimize carbon footprint, and produce a manufacturable design.

Inspired by the mechanics of the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education.

The Thermochromorph printmaking technique developed by CSAIL researchers allows images to transition into each other through changes in temperature.

McGovern Institute neuroscientists use children’s interests to probe language in the brain.

Using the island as a model, researchers demonstrate the “DyMonDS” framework can improve resiliency to extreme weather and ease the integration of new resources.

MIT engineers designed a nanofiltration process that could make aluminum production more efficient while reducing hazardous waste.

MIT physicists develop a predictive formula, based on bacterial communities, that may also apply to other types of ecosystems, including the human GI tract.

New findings illuminate how Prochlorococcus’ nightly “cross-feeding” plays a role in regulating the ocean’s capacity to cycle and store carbon.

Using this model, researchers may be able to identify antibody drugs that can target a variety of infectious diseases.

The fleeting cosmic firework likely emerged from the turbulent magnetosphere around a far-off neutron star.