In 1949, the U.S. Air Force called upon MIT with an urgent need. Soviet aircraft carrying atomic bombs were capable of reaching the U.S. homeland, and ...

MIT scientists used light to control how a starfish egg cell jiggles and moves during its earliest stage of development. Their optical system could guide the design of synthetic, light-activated cells ...

At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-earth creativity. Professor Erik Demaine ’s work in computational origami blends art and mathematics to solve intricate problems, ...

Karenna Groff, a former footballer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year, ...

MIT and Stanford University lead the world in Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering, ranking first and second, respectively, in the QS World University Rankings 2024. This article ...

MIT Media Lab and McGovern Institute; Yet-Ming Chiang, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT; James Collins, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University; John Dabiri ...

The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Engineering and Technology highlights MIT, Stanford, and UC Berkeley as the top US institutions. MIT leads with a 96.2 overall score, excelling in ...