New faculty join the School of Science in 2022
Seven professors join the departments of Biology; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; and Physics.
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Mathematics
MIT wins world finals of the 45th International Collegiate Programming Contest
Students reflect on their top performance in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which ended a 44-year drought for MIT.
Q&A: MIT competitive programmers on going the distance
Students describe what it’s like to compete at the very top tiers of computing.
Math enthusiasts take aim at STEM glass ceiling
MIT hosts the 14th Math Prize for Girls, which aims to encourage female middle and high school students of mathematics.
New system designs nanomaterials that conduct heat in specific ways
The technique could be used to fabricate computer chips that won’t get too hot while operating, or materials that can convert waste heat to energy.
Wiggling toward bio-inspired machine intelligence
Inspired by jellyfish and octopuses, PhD candidate Juncal Arbelaiz investigates the theoretical underpinnings that will enable systems to more efficiently adapt to their environments.
Peter Shor wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
MIT professor to share $3 million prize with three others; Daniel Spielman PhD ’95 wins Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.
MeepCon comes to MIT
Photonics community gathers to further develop open-source software for electromagnetic simulations spanning a broad range of applications.
Living LEGOs
Mathematical modeling speeds up the process of programming bacterial systems to self-assemble into desired 2D shapes.
New algorithm aces university math course questions
Researchers use machine learning to automatically solve, explain, and generate university-level math problems at a human level.
Four researchers with MIT ties earn Schmidt Science Fellowships
International award supports early-career scientists and engineers as they pursue interdisciplinary works.
Starfish embryos swim in formation like a “living crystal”
Their swirling, clustering behavior might someday inform the design of self-assembling robotic swarms.
MIT design for Mars propellant production trucks wins NASA competition
BART and MARGE will reliably produce, store, and distribute 50 tons of rocket fuel per year on the surface of Mars.
Five with MIT ties win 2022 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
Award provides five years of funding and access to a community of innovative scholars and leaders in science and technology.
Three MIT faculty members named 2022 Simons Investigators
Tracy Slatyer, Jesse Thaler, and Wei Zhang are honored for their research, leadership, and mentorship.