Basketball analytics investment is key to NBA wins and other successes

Investment in analytics may also benefit college teams and fields beyond sports, a new study shows.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
March 25, 2025 ~9 min

Decoding a medieval mystery manuscript

Using tech tools and a human touch, Arthur Bahr sheds light on the original volume containing “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” and “Pearl.”

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
March 25, 2025 ~8 min


Mathematicians uncover the logic behind how people walk in crowds

The findings could help planners design safer, more efficient pedestrian thoroughfares.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
March 24, 2025 ~9 min

Engineers develop a better way to deliver long-lasting drugs

With tinier needles and fewer injections, the approach may enable new options for long-term delivery of contraceptives or treatments for diseases such as HIV.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
March 24, 2025 ~7 min

MIT scientists engineer starfish cells to shape-shift in response to light

The research may enable the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for wound healing or drug delivery.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
March 24, 2025 ~8 min

Device enables direct communication among multiple quantum processors

MIT researchers developed a photon-shuttling “interconnect” that can facilitate remote entanglement, a key step toward a practical quantum computer.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
March 21, 2025 ~7 min

AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches

Researchers fuse the best of two popular methods to create an image generator that uses less energy and can run locally on a laptop or smartphone.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
March 21, 2025 ~8 min

3D printing approach strings together dynamic objects for you

“Xstrings” method enables users to produce cable-driven objects, automatically assemble bionic robots, sculptures, and dynamic fashion designs.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
March 18, 2025 ~7 min


To the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarin

A new study finds natural and invented languages elicit similar responses in the brain’s language-processing network.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
March 18, 2025 ~8 min

New platform lets anyone rapidly prototype large, sturdy interactive structures

The system uses reconfigurable electromechanical building blocks to create structural electronics.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
March 18, 2025 ~8 min

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