MIT president Sally Kornbluth wrote that the compact is "inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone." ...

Scientists found that attention lapses due to sleep deprivation coincide with a flushing of fluid from the brain. The post ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has reached an agreement in principle to settle a lawsuit that alleged that MIT, one of the nation's most prestigious universities, hurt workers in its ...

"With respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education,” the Massachusetts ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, The Engine, the venture firm spun out of MIT that invests in early-stage Tough Tech companies solving the world’s most urgent problems, announced the ...

In a letter to Trump administration officials, MIT President Sally Kornbluth said MIT disagrees with provisions of the proposal, including some that would limit free speech and the university’s ...

MIT scientists have found that an amino acid called cysteine can help the gut heal itself. In mouse studies, a cysteine-rich ...

In some ways, the freshly launched Hacking Medicine Institute is the anti-hackathon. The Institute, a 501c3 nonprofit, is meant to bring hackathon methodology to the business of healthcare – ...

In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten—a process that is meant to identify ...

Leaving campus doesn’t always mean leaving MIT behind. En route to class one day during her senior year, Hope Barrett ’98 stumbled on a way to keep the Institute in her life. “I remember walking ...

Paula Hammond ’84, PhD ’93, and Arup Chakraborty earn MIT’s highest faculty honor. Arup K. Chakraborty and Paula Hammond ’84, PhD ’93, have been named Institute Professors, the highest honor for MIT ...