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Robots are getting good at dribbling soccer balls, new video from MIT shows
While most robots today still operate on wheels, DribbleBot stands out for its ability to kick a ba…
Grace Mayer
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Indian-origin MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan awarded prestigious Marconi Prize
Hari Balakrishnan, an Indian-origin MIT Professor, has received the prestigious Marconi Prize for h…
PTI
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An MIT neuroscientist says 'routine' and 'discipline' are the keys to preserving memory and staving off dementia
MIT neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai said people already know the main things they need to do to stay me…
Yeji Jesse Lee
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Vikram Kirloskar: The MIT engineer who loved to build factories
Vikram Kirloskar, the vice chairman of Toyota Kirloskar Motor, who died at 64 of a heart attack…
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An Asian MIT student asked AI to turn an image of her into a professional headshot. It made her white, with lighter skin and blue eyes.
Rona Wang, a 24-year-old MIT student, was experimenting with the AI image creator Playground AI to …
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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MIT neuroscientists are testing a headset that uses a 'disco' of light and sound to treat Alzheimer's disease
Cognito Therapeutics just raised $73 million to test its headset in 500 patients with Alzheimer's d…
Yeji Jesse Lee
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Drone player Garuda Aerospace raises $5 mn
City-based drone-as-a-service company Garuda Aerospace said that has raised $5 million from a large…
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A simple glucose meter test can help you accurately monitor Covid-19 antibodies
Over-the-counter Covid tests can quickly show whether a person is infected with SARS-CoV-2. But if …
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Caroline Ellison said she grew up 'exposed to a lot of economics.' Here's everything we know about her MIT economist parents.
Tyler Le, Rebecca Zisser/Insider
Grace Dean
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The Boston Fed and MIT publish long-awaited research on central bank digital currencies
The 35-page white paper was borne out of a joint initiative announced in 2020 that aimed to explore…
Isabelle Lee
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Federal prosecutors are dropping their case against an MIT professor accused of hiding his connections with China
MIT professor Gang Chen was accused of withholding information on his affiliations with Chinese ins…
Rebecca Cohen
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Meet the MIT professor who thinks he's found biotech's 'holy grail'
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for December 14.
Leah Rosenbaum
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An MIT student turned a prank dating app for Harvard students into an actual matchmaking service after successful sign ups
"There wasn't much thought to it. It just kind of came to me and seemed very organic like pranking …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Tesla drivers looked at the road less when using Autopilot in an MIT study - but they weren't necessarily distracted, researchers say
Researchers tracked where 290 Tesla drivers looked while using Autopilot, and compared the data aga…
Grace Dean
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MIT-WPU to offer Blockchain-anchored digital degrees and diplomas in India
The MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) announced that it has become the first in India to offer B…
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MIT engineers created stamp-sized stickers that can see inside the body: 'We've opened a new era of wearable imaging'
The wearable medical device created by engineers from MIT provides internal ultrasound imaging for …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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From all-night gaming sessions to a life-changing epiphany: Inside the college years of 29-year-old crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried
While at MIT, the now-crypto billionaire was struggling to find his direction in life until he join…
Isabelle Lee
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Harvard and MIT researchers created a face mask that tests your breath for COVID-19
A small sensor that clips inside of a face mask could tell you if you have COVID-19 in just 90 minu…
Andrea Michelson
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An MIT professor put a crib in his lab for a graduate student who needed help with childcare
Troy Littleton tweeted about the crib he put in his lab for his grad student Karen Cunningham. The …
Anna Medaris Miller
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A group of MIT alums in their 20s could be sitting on 13,000% bitcoin returns after taking part in a school project that gave them free crypto
In 2014, the MIT Bitcoin Project gave away free cryptocurrency to any student who wanted to partici…