A new technique uses remote images to gauge the strength of ancient and active rivers beyond Earth. The approach allows geologists to see how intensely rivers once flowed on Mars, and how they currently flow on Titan, which is Saturn’s largest moon.
Over 30 years, quantum computing has moved ever closer to solving problems that stump the most powerful supercomputers. A new qubit foundry gives the wider research community access to Lincoln Laboratory’s expertise in fabricating quantum circuits.
PhD student Will Sussman studies wireless networks while fostering community networks through MIT Hillel. “I think it’s important to demonstrate Jewish culture at a time when antisemitism is on the rise,” he says.
A CSAIL team’s new computational method facilitates dense packing of objects in a rigid container. “The densities we’re getting, close to 40 percent, are significantly better than those obtained by traditional algorithms,” Wojciech Matusik says.
In class 21A.311 (The Social Lives of Medical Objects) students explore unexpected social questions behind everyday medical devices. The anthropology course encourages participants to envision more equitable device design.
MIT Morningside Academy for Design Fellow Ganit Goldstein SM ’23 combines traditional craftsmanship and technology to transform the way clothes are produced and worn.
Via video, President Sally Kornbluth shared her reaction to this week’s Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. “MIT has never been more excellent, and it has never been more diverse. And I see these factors as inextricably intertwined,” she said.