Many organizations view AI as a way to achieve productivity gains. But new research reveals a more nuanced reality: At manufacturing firms, introducing AI often leads to a temporary decline in performance, followed by stronger growth output, revenue, and employment.
A new bionic knee outperforms other prostheses in helping people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb stairs, and avoid obstacles. In a small clinical study, users navigated more easily and said the limb felt more like part of their body.
Student-athlete Mason Estrada has been drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers. As the 225th overall pick in the 2025 MLB draft, the AeroAstro major is the highest-drafted player in MIT history.
Last year, airports nationwide began adopting HEXWAVE — a commercialized walkthrough security screening system based on microwave imaging technology developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory — to satisfy a new TSA mandate for enhanced screening.
While lanthanides are commonly used in fertilizers, little is known about how exactly they benefit plants. New insights could help farmers optimize their use, increasing critical crops’ resilience to UV stress and enhancing seedling growth.
In a world without MIT, radar wouldn’t have been available to help win World War II. We might not have email, CT scans, time-release drugs, photolithography, or GPS. And we’d lose over 30,000 companies, employing millions of people. Can you imagine?
Since its founding, MIT has been key to helping American science and innovation lead the world. Discoveries that begin here generate jobs and power the economy — and what we create today builds a better tomorrow for all of us.
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