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Evelyn Wang: A new energy source at MIT | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
As MIT’s first vice president for energy and climate, Evelyn Wang is working to broaden MIT’s research portfolio, scale up existing innovations, seek new breakthroughs, and channel campus community input to drive work forward.
From MIT, an instruction manual for turning research into startups | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Proto Ventures published an instruction manual to help other universities and research institutions create their own venture studios. The manual provides a repeatable process for turning lab research turn into startups.
MIx helps innovators tackle challenges in national security | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mission Innovation x (MIx) at MIT helps innovators secure early funding while giving defense agencies access to the most cutting-edge technologies available, boosting America’s security capabilities in the process. MIx has also become a thought leader in the emerging “dual-use” space, to advance technologies that have both civilian and defense applications.
Professor Emeritus Hank Smith honored for pioneering work in nanofabrication | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The 2025 SPIE Frits Zernike Award for Microlithography was awarded to MIT Professor Emeritus Hank Smith, a pioneer in nanotechnology and former leader of the NanoStructures Laboratory at MIT, now MIT.nano.
Once-a-week pill for schizophrenia shows promise in clinical trials | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT researchers developed a pill that can be taken once a week instead of daily, gradually releasing medication from within the stomach. In a phase 3 clinical trial, the treatment maintained consistent levels of the drug risperidone in patients with schizophrenia, and it controlled their symptoms just as well as daily doses of the drug.
Infinite Threads popup thrift store helps the MIT community and the planet | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT students are working to keep clothing out of landfills by selling them at popup thrift stores on campus. Infinite Threads popups sell items for as little as $2 and saved more than 750 pounds of clothing from landfills in 2024-25.
MIT D-Lab students design global energy solutions through collaboration | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Each year, MIT D-Labs courses 2.651 / EC.711 (Introduction to Energy in Global Development) and Course 2.652 / EC.712 (Applications of Energy in Global Development) make their mark on students and communities around the world.
A day in the life of MIT MBA student David Brown | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Photo essay provides a look at the day of MIT Sloan MBA student David Brown, a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot and co-founder of Helix Carbon, which aims to erase the carbon footprint of tough-to-decarbonize industries.
How J-WAFS Solutions grants bring research to market | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT spinout NONA Technologies was developed to commercialize a portable desalination device that transforms seawater into clean drinking water without filters or high-pressure pumps. The research was supported by a J-WAFS Solutions grant.
Startup helps farmers grow plant-based feed and fertilizer using wastewater | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fyto, founded by former MIT Tata Center translational research director Jason Prapas, has built an automated system for harvesting the aquatic plant Lemna, or duckweed, on dairy farms, for use as feed or fertilizer.
Kripa Varanasi named faculty director of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kripa Varanasi, professor of mechanical engineering, has been named faculty director of the MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation. The interfacial engineering expert and prolific entrepreneur will help faculty and students take breakthroughs from lab to market.
Equipping living cells with logic gates to fight cancer | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Founded by MIT researchers, Senti Bio is is working to create smarter cell therapies for cancer using synthetic biology. The company equips cells with gene circuits that allow the cells to respond to their environments.
New initiative to advance innovations in pediatric care | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS) and the Charles H. Hood Foundation will establish the Hood Pediatric Innovation Hub to drive cutting-edge innovation in children’s health care.
MIT students advance solutions for water and food with the help of J-WAFS | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For the past decade, the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) has been instrumental in promoting student engagement across MIT to help solve the world’s most pressing water and food challenges.
Enabling energy innovation at scale | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
As part of the MIT Energy Initiative’s speaker series, Emily Knight, president and CEO of The Engine, explained how her organization enables researchers to scale their technologies and have real commercial impact. The Engine focuses on "tough tech" companies that aim to solve the world's biggest problems.
The spark of innovation and the commercialization journey | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT alumna Vanessa Chan's Wulff Lecture explored materials innovation, commercialization, and career development, highlighting adoption readiness levels used by the U.S. Department of Energy and the path from research to real-world impact.
Carsten Rasmussen, LEGO Group COO, discusses the production network that enables the builders of tomorrow | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Speaking at MIT as part of the Manufacturing@MIT Distinguished Speaker Series, LEGO Group COO Carsten Rasmussen discussed the company’s manufacturing footprint, and the importance of balancing innovation, cost efficiency, and sustainability.
Collaboration between MIT and GE Vernova aims to develop and scale sustainable energy systems | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance, which includes research, education, and career opportunities across MIT, aims to help develop and scale sustainable energy systems across the globe.
Technology developed by MIT engineers makes pesticides stick to plant leaves | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Technology developed by MIT engineers makes pesticides stick to plant leaves. With the new system, farmers could significantly cut their use of pesticides and fertilizers, saving money and reducing runoff.
Biogen to consolidate operations in MIT’s first Kendall Common building | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biogen announced that it will centralize operations in a new facility at 75 Broadway in MIT’s Kendall Common development. The move, to take place in 2028, highlights the company’s commitment to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the regional innovation ecosystem — a wellspring of biomedical advances.
A personalized heart implant wins MIT Sloan health care prize | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The MIT startup Spheric Bio’s implants are designed to grow in a channel of the heart to better fit a patient’s unique anatomy and prevent strokes. The company’s solution won this year’s MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovation Prize (SHIP).
Professor Anthony Sinskey, biologist, inventor, entrepreneur, and Center for Biomedical Innovation co-founder, dies at 84 | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anthony “Tony” Sinskey, a prolific MIT biologist, inventor, entrepreneur, who was co-founder and former director of the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation, died at 84. Colleagues remember the longtime professor as a supportive, energetic collaborator who seemed to know everyone at the Institute.
J-WAFS: Supporting food and water research across MIT | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For the past decade MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) has supported interdisciplinary collaborations and high-risk, high-reward projects, enabling MIT faculty to pursue groundbreaking research that addresses some of the world’s most pressing challenges facing our water and food systems.