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Times Higher Education. MIT has been named the No. 2 university in the world, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, reports Rosa Ellis. “The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is now the US’ highest-ranked university, in second place globally, its best-ever performance,” explains Ellis. Learn more →.
Artificial intelligence | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of …
Oct 8, 2024 — Artificial intelligence meets “blisk” in new DARPA-funded collaboration. Collaborative multi-university team will pursue new AI-enhanced design tools and high-throughput testing methods for next-generation turbomachinery. October 8, 2024. Read full story.
Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries
Oct 8, 2024 — MIT engineers built a solar-powered desalination system that produces large quantities of clean water despite variations in sunlight throughout the day. Because it requires no extra batteries, it offers a much more affordable way to produce drinking water, compared to other solar-driven designs.
Study: On Twitter, false news travels faster than true stories
Instead, false news speeds faster around Twitter due to people retweeting inaccurate news items. “When we removed all of the bots in our dataset, [the] differences between the spread of false and true news stood,”says Soroush Vosoughi, a co-author of the new paper and a postdoc at LSM whose PhD research helped give rise to the current study.
Research | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6 days ago — Bubble findings could unlock better electrode and electrolyzer designs. A new study of bubbles on electrode surfaces could help improve the efficiency of electrochemical processes that produce fuels, chemicals, and materials. October 8, 2024. Read full story.
A prosthesis driven by the nervous system helps people with
Jul 1, 2024 — With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, MIT researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid obstacles, and climb stairs more …
AI agents help explain other AI systems | MIT News
Jan 3, 2024 — Facilitating this timely endeavor, researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a novel approach that uses AI models to conduct experiments on other systems and explain their behavior. Their method uses agents built from pretrained language models to produce intuitive explanations of ...
Invention | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sep 24, 2024 — MIT tops among single-campus universities in US patents granted. For 10th consecutive year, the Institute ranks No. 2 among all colleges and No. 1 among colleges with one main campus, underlying the impact of innovation and critical role of technology transfer. April 11, 2024. Read full story.
AI model can reveal the structures of crystalline materials
Sep 19, 2024 — The Institute’s pooled investments returned 8.9 percent last year; endowment stands at $24.6 billion. Read full story → A new method makes high-resolution imaging more accessible
MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2024-25
Sep 24, 2024 — The Institute also placed first in six out of nine engineering disciplines. U.S. News placed MIT second in its evaluation of undergraduate computer science programs, along with Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California at Berkeley. The Institute placed first in four out of 10 computer science disciplines.