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Seven brilliant minds with MIT connections just earned one of medicine's highest honors for groundbreaking work in cancer research, public health, and medical innovation. Their discoveries are reshaping how we understand and treat disease.
Researchers at MIT tracked over a million cells to create the first complete "movie" of how a mammal develops from a single fertilized egg. The breakthrough could help scientists understand birth defects and cancer.
Engineers at MIT just created a breakthrough construction method inspired by paper folding that makes buildings stronger, lighter, and easier to assemble than traditional methods. The technique could revolutionize everything from disaster relief shelters to airplane parts.
A Verizon leader turned a health setback during her MIT AI course into an opportunity to meet twice as many peers and co-write a book helping other executives navigate artificial intelligence. Prabha Jha's journey shows how embracing the unexpected can lead to even better outcomes.
A student-run club at MIT and Harvard is opening doors to aerospace medicine, a cutting-edge field where doctors keep astronauts healthy beyond Earth. In just two years, Doctors Without Gravity has grown to over 100 members from all majors.
MIT's Tod Machover debuts a groundbreaking symphony that uses AI to help musicians represent democracy's challenges and renewal. The innovative piece premieres at Boston Symphony Orchestra this week.
A crushing 49% on his first MIT exam in 1980 could have broken one freshman's spirit. Instead, his teaching assistant's encouraging words turned failure into fuel, leading to a perfect score on the next test and a lesson that lasted decades.
Engineers created a half-pound robot that flies through air and swims underwater just like diving seabirds. The breakthrough could revolutionize ocean research by making data collection cheaper and more frequent.
What started with 46 high school students and one robotics course has grown into a transformational summer program that's shaping the next generation of scientists and engineers. MIT's Beaver Works Summer Institute just celebrated its 10th anniversary by welcoming more than 440 students into 14 cutting-edge courses.
An MIT team just won NASA's top prize for solving a problem we didn't know space needed: what to do with garbage on the moon. Their system transforms packaging waste into useful tools and parts, making lunar living more sustainable.
An MIT startup has created a bioadhesive that sticks to wet tissue in seconds, making complex surgical stitching as simple as applying tape. The technology could transform dozens of procedures from heart bypasses to C-sections while reducing complications and costs.
Suzy Nelson revolutionized how MIT supports students, creating programs that now reach 82% of undergraduates and building three new residence halls. Her decade-long focus on mental health and well-being changed what it means to thrive at one of the world's toughest universities.