Most people with type 1 diabetes inject insulin to prevent their blood sugar levels from getting too high. However, if their blood sugar gets too low, it can lead to confusion, seizures, and even death. To combat this hypoglycemia, some patients carry syringes of glucagon, a hormone...

Empire of AI: Dreams and Night­mares in Sam Altman’s OpenAIBy Karen Hao ’15PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE, 2025, $32 Read MIT Technology Review’s excerpt here. Play It Again, Sam: Repetition in the ArtsBy Samuel Jay Keyser, HM ’97, emeritus professor of linguisticsMIT PRESS, 2025, $30 Data,...

A team at MIT and the Scripps Research Institute has made important progress toward vaccines that can protect against HIV, and potentially other diseases, with a single dose. The researchers treated mice with a vaccine that combines two different adjuvants, materials that help...

Anantha Chandrakasan became the Institute’s new provost on July 1, succeeding Cynthia Barnhart, SM ’86, PhD ’88, who announced her decision to step down in February. Chandrakasan, who earned his BS, MS, and PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of...

As I write in late July, we’re contending with a major tax increase on the annual returns from MIT’s endowment as well as other investments and assets. This new tax burden will strain the resources we use to support research, innovation, and student scholarships and financial aid—the...

Art restoration takes steady hands and a discerning eye. For centuries, conservators have identified areas needing repair and then mixed the exact shades needed to fill in one area at a time. Restoring a single painting can take anywhere from a few weeks to over a decade. Now an MIT...