Research Stories

New laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses

The LIRAS technique could speed up the development of acoustic lenses, impact-resistant films, and other futuristic materials.

Computational imaging researcher attended a lecture, found her career

A pivotal talk led postdoc Kristina Monakhova to develop smart, computational cameras and microscopes for intelligent systems.

A new way to integrate data with physical objects

StructCode, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, encodes machine-readable data in laser-cut objects by modifying their fabrication features.

Twelve with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023

Five MIT faculty, along with seven additional affiliates, are honored for outstanding contributions to medical research.

Boom, crackle, pop: Sounds of Earth’s crust

MIT scientists find the sounds beneath our feet are fingerprints of rock stability.

Finger-shaped sensor enables more dexterous robots

MIT engineers develop a long, curved touch sensor that could enable a robot to grasp and manipulate objects in multiple ways.

AI copilot enhances human precision for safer aviation

Designed to ensure safer skies, “Air-Guardian” blends human intuition with machine precision, creating a more symbiotic relationship between pilot and aircraft.

Improving accessibility of online graphics for blind users

Open-source software by MIT MAD Fellow Jonathan Zong and others in the MIT Visualization Group reveals online graphics’ embedded data in the user’s preferred degree of granularity.

MIT announces 2023 Bose Grants for daring new research

Grants fund studies of honeybee tracking, glass building materials, and defining excellence in human movement.

James Fujimoto, Eric Swanson, and David Huang win Lasker Award

Professor and two additional MIT affiliates honored for influential work on optical coherence tomography, which allows rapid detection of retinal disease, among other applications.