A worldwide road trip for the Institute’s president
“I think that communication about the wonderful things that are going on at MIT to the broader community is actually really important,” she said. “There’s...
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Gooey greatness
A new type of glue developed by researchers from MIT and Germany combines sticky polymers inspired by the mussel with the germ-fighting properties of another...
The future of AI processing
Key findings from the report are as follows: • More AI is moving to inference and the edge. As AI technology advances, inference—a model’s ability...
The Download: canceled climate tech projects, and South Korea’s AI web comics
This year has been rough for climate technology: Companies have canceled, downsized, or shut down at least 16 large-scale projects worth $8 billion in total...
Generative AI is reshaping South Korea’s webcomics industry
Lee drew inspiration for his renegade baseball avengers from the Sammi Superstars, one of South Korea’s first professional baseball teams, whose journey of perseverance captivated...
The quest to build islands with ocean currents in the Maldives
Off one atoll, just south of the Maldives’ capital, Malé, researchers are testing one way to capture sand in strategic locations—to grow islands, rebuild beaches,...
$8 billion of US climate tech projects have been canceled so far in 2025
In recent months, the White House has worked to claw back federal investments, including some of those promised under the Inflation Reduction Act. New tariffs...
AI is pushing the limits of the physical world
Technology has long enabled architecture to push the limits of form and function. As early as 1963, Sketchpad, one of the first architectural software programs,...
Yahoo will give millions to a settlement fund for Chinese dissidents, decades after exposing user data
But in the years that followed, its chosen nonprofit partner, the Laogai Research Foundation, badly mismanaged the fund, spending less than $650,000—or 4%—on direct support...
How creativity became the reigning value of our time
Given how much we obsess over it, the concept of creativity can feel like something that has always existed, a thing philosophers and artists have...