MIT alum's startup, Cleana, created a self-lifting, antibacterial toilet seat to improve public restroom hygiene, now in places like Gillette Stadium, and is developing a version for homes.

The article describes a widespread Microsoft outage that affected various sectors in Massachusetts, including Boston Logan Airport, MBTA services, hospitals, and businesses, with a focus on the disruptions and responses to the incident.

MIT is proactively developing strategies against the impact of rising extreme heat due to climate change, involving research, local data collection, and community input to ensure campus resilience.

A Harvard study suggests that Google's search results exhibit "language bias," showing different perspectives on a topic based on the language of the query.

Researchers from MIT and other institutions developed a machine learning model to accelerate the prediction of materials' thermal properties, which could enhance energy efficiency and microelectronics.

UMass Amherst's Assistant Professor Viviana Chiu Sik Wu has developed an AI model to more effectively sift through Twitter/X data, aiming to better categorize content for social media analysis.

MIT neuroscientists discovered that the anesthesia drug propofol causes loss of consciousness by destabilizing brain activity, challenging previous ideas about its stabilizing effects.

Xinyi Zhang, a PhD student at MIT, is developing new computational methods to analyze multimodal cellular data, potentially improving our understanding of diseases like Alzheimer's.

A study links light physical activity with healthier aging, suggesting that activities like housework could improve health prospects, while high TV consumption may harm them.

An MIT study warns about increased health risks from using ammonia as a shipping fuel without stricter emissions controls, potentially causing more pollution-related premature deaths.

MIT study finds weaker ocean circulation could enhance atmospheric CO2, overturning current understanding of oceanic carbon sequestration and the role of phytoplankton and ligands.

MIT researchers have created GenSQL, an AI system for simplifying data analysis on databases, using familiar SQL language to assist users in performing advanced tasks without requiring deep technical knowledge.

MIT engineers developed a method to protect microbes from extreme conditions, improving their resilience. This technique may have applications in medicine, agriculture, and space missions, and has undergone testing, including a trip to space.