HASTS student Mariel García-Montes researches the internet’s impact on society, especially regarding privacy and young people. “I would love to be part of a generation thinking about what technology would look like if we put the public interest first,” she says.

Helping to combat climate anxiety, the MIT Electric Vehicle Team, Sustainable Engine Team, Solar Electric Vehicle Team, Motorsports Team, First Nations Launch Team, and Arcturus are each doing their part to improve the health of our planet.

Physicists say that a mysterious force known as “early dark energy” could help explain the evolution of the young universe. “Early dark energy is a very elegant and sparse solution to two of the most pressing problems in cosmology,” Rohan Naidu says.

When Reynold I. Lopez-Soler ’94 saw his first kidney transplant, as a medical resident, he found his life’s work: “You’re watching this organ that was taken out, practically lifeless and inert, and through the expertise of surgery it comes to life.”

The Boston Globe featured Mitchel Resnick, Neil Gershenfeld, and the late Woodie Flowers for their work on programs that “get kids excited about, and more proficient in, STEM … they’ve all had a big impact on the way kids learn about technology.”

Brelyon, co-founded by former MIT postdoc Barmak Heshmat, has created an ultrawide 3D display for immersive digital experiences — with no headsets required. “We are adding a new layer of control between the world of computers and what your eyes see,” Heshmat says.