Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Biology PhD student Giselle Valdes studies stem cell regeneration while mentoring aspiring students and researchers. https://news.mit.edu/2026/advancing-stem-cell-research-building-next-generation-biologists-giselle-valdes-0611

MIT researchers are developing an implantable device that contains insulin-producing cells. https://news.mit.edu/2026/implantable-islet-cells-could-control-diabetes-without-insulin-injections-0326

New model predicts how mosquitoes will fly: “One of the original motivations was designing better traps for mosquitoes,” says Alexander Cohen. “Figuring out how they fly around a human gives insights on how we can avoid them.” https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-model-predicts-how-mosquitoes-will-fly-0318

MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit involved in processing new information that may be linked to schizophrenia, offering insight into why some individuals lose touch with reality. https://news.mit.edu/2026/brain-circuit-incorporates-new-information-may-be-linked-schizophrenia-0318

Turning extreme heat into large-scale energy storage: Fourth Power, founded by Professor Asegun Henry, is developing thermal batteries for efficiently storing excess electricity from utility grids and power producers.

Henry’s approach earned him a Guinness World Record for the hottest liquid pump back in 2017. https://news.mit.edu/2026/turning-extreme-heat-large-scale-energy-storage-0318

Over the past decade, MIT engineers have been working on ways to restore hepatocyte function without a surgical liver transplant. Injectable “satellite livers” could offer an alternative to liver transplantation https://news.mit.edu/2026/injectable-satellite-livers-could-offer-alternative-liver-transplantation-0303

Data centers are projected to account for anywhere from 9 to 17 percent of total electricity usage in the U.S. by the end of the decade. Today, around a third of data center electricity is devoted to cooling the chips that run AI models. That’s the process Ferveret is working to make more efficient. https://news.mit.edu/2026/nuclear-inspired-cooling-system-ferveret-could-make-data-centers-more-sustainable-0610

MIT astronomers discover the earliest known flickering quasar. Their findings add to a longstanding mystery in cosmology: Why do supermassive black holes exist so early in the universe’s history? https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-astronomers-discover-earliest-known-flickering-quasar-0608