Lofty predictions aside, the book is a useful guide to navigating AI. That includes understanding its downsides. Anyone who’s played around with ChatGPT or its ilk, for instance, knows that these models... Read more »
When alumni opened the first issue of The Technology Review in January 1899, they found not only a description of MIT’s new Pierce Building but crisp photographs of its interiors as well.... Read more »
In addition, the researchers found that the regeneration was due in part to activation of a cellular signaling pathway known as mTOR, which causes cells to produce more protein; this protein synthesis... Read more »
“The most challenging aspect of developing an engineering solution to prevent overdose mortality is simultaneously addressing patient adherence and willingness to adopt new technology, combating stigma, minimizing false positive detections, and ensuring... Read more »
The most abundant protein in animals, collagen is fibrous, made from long strands of protein that intertwine to form a tough triple helix. “Collagen is the scaffold that holds us together,” says... Read more »
A bird’s-eye view of campus featuring Maseeh Hall, captured by a DJI Mavic 3 drone in late August. Given airspace restrictions, the photographer, an FAA-certified drone pilot, had to get FAA clearance... Read more »
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe signed a treaty with the US government in 1855 that ceded the vast majority of their historic territories but left them rights to access traditional food sources,... Read more »
One of the things I’ve come to value deeply about the MIT community is the near-universal willingness to name a problem, measure it, design a solution, and keep iterating until it’s right.... Read more »
“I spent 10 years at MIT, earning four degrees in electrical engineering and computer science,” says Arvola Chan ’74, SM ’76, EE ’78, PhD ’80. “I was a beneficiary of scholarships through... Read more »
But the dreadful European weather—overcast and stormy, particularly in the late fall, winter, and early spring months—rendered all that firepower virtually useless. By the end of 1943, with D-Day only months away,... Read more »