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[Deblina Sarkar @DeblinaSarkar59]

Just published in Science Advances: HITMAN, our new technology for treating one of the deadliest brain cancers.

Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant cancers, with a median survival of only 12–15 months even with the best available care—creating an urgent need for new therapies.

HITMAN — employs injectable nano-antennas approximately 150 nanometers in size. Activated wirelessly by a low-frequency magnetic field applied from outside the body, these nano-antennas generated highly localized electric fields that selectively killed glioblastoma cells and extended survival by more than 50% in pre-clinical animal studies.

#Glioblastoma #CancerResearch #Nanotechnology #Bioelectronics #magnetoelectric
@MIT @mit_nano @medialab @kochinstitute

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

MIT researchers have invented a new microscope that can image electrical activity in neurons distributed across the brain of an entire organism. Professor @eboyden3, the senior author of the study, holds a joint appointment in Media Arts and Sciences (the academic program at the Media Lab) and @mcgovernmit.
https://t.co/OAJ1T3zEUJ

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Curious about applying to the Media Lab? Register for the Virtual Open House for Prospective Students on October 9! You’ll have an opportunity to hear from staff, faculty, and students; learn about the academic program and the research groups; and ask questions.
Learn more and register for the webinar: https://t.co/a75RteY0oj

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

@dagdevirencanan Learn more about the event, and the Mor Cepken: https://t.co/BQr25FN1Pp

[Canan Dagdeviren @dagdevirencanan]

Dün gece New York Moda Haftası’nın podyumunda yürürken, omuzlarımda yalnızca bir kıyafeti değil; kadınların yüzyıllara uzanan hafızasını, emeğini, direnişini ve cesaretini taşıdım.

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Media Lab Prof. @dagdevirencanan walked the runway during New York Fashion Week as part of Rise’s “What Were You Wearing?” fashion show, held on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Prof. Dagdeviren wore a contemporary interpretation of the Mor Cepken, or “Purple Guard,” a garment rooted in centuries of women’s memory, craftsmanship, and resistance.
https://t.co/4IAy9pgoTb

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

@thecatfangs Learn more about the project: https://t.co/3BuwPDSi1Z

[Cathy Fang @thecatfangs]

In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, prisoners chained to a wall perceive only shadows—and mistake them for reality.

We extend this concept: a shadow man, controlled by an LLM, exists in 2D and perceives only silhouettes. His singular goal is to turn off the light that defines his existence. Users place objects in his path; he kicks them away. The cycle repeats.

This mirrors the perceptual limits of AI. An LLM cannot see—it reads descriptions of sight. It processes language about the world without directly accessing the world itself. The shadow man embodies this gap. Both are confined to representations.

The piece is a meditation on AI as cave-dweller—processing patterns without grasping the higher-dimensional reality that casts them.

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

"Plato's [Al]legory of the Cave" won Best in Show at the Expanded Play Gallery during Expanded 2026, the Conference on Animation and Interactive Art held as part of the Ars Electronica Festival 2026! The team included Media Lab researchers Sam Chin, @thecatfangs, Ruipeng Wang, and collaborators from Harvard GSD and @MIT_CSAIL. https://t.co/fJqlgR3LLK

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Watch: Researchers in @NCB_MIT, led by @deblinasarkar59, have developed injectable nanoantennas that can be magnetically activated to create localized electric fields that target and destroy glioblastoma cells without damaging healthy brain tissue. Published in @ScienceAdvances, the technology — named HITMAN (highly-localized electric-field-induced tumor therapy using magnetically actuated nanoantennas) — eliminated 52.2 percent of drug-resistant cancer cells in pre-clinical studies, more than five times the effectiveness of standard chemotherapy, and extended median survival in animal models by 50 percent, with no detectable toxicity.

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

At 10am ET on September 18, join @AHA_MediaLab for a bonus installment in their ongoing seminar series! This event features @_ziv_e, a Media Lab alum and current SERC postdoc in the @MIT_SCC, who will discuss new ways to measure and steer algorithmic systems to align them with users’ values. https://t.co/13SuuzHrMR

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

4pm ET today!

[AHA | MIT Media Lab @AHA_MediaLab]

What do you teach a student about AI when no checklist covers what they'll actually run into?

THIS THURSDAY: AHA Seminar with Daniella DiPaola (postdoc, MIT Media Lab) on virtue ethics as an approach to AI literacy.

Link: https://t.co/ihJBm478LP

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

At 4pm ET on September 17, join @AHA_MediaLab for the next installment of their ongoing seminar series! This event features Dr. Daniella DiPaola, a Media Lab postdoc and alum of the Personal Robots group, whose work focuses on AI, children, and society. https://t.co/EflQLgDLu3

[Science Advances @ScienceAdvances]

A new study presents HITMAN, a glioblastoma therapy of injectable, magnetically activated nanoantennas that wirelessly destroy drug-resistant brain cancer cells and extend survival. @DeblinaSarkar59 @MIT @mit_nano @medialab @kochinstitute https://t.co/I21hmrse9Z

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Curious about applying to the Media Lab? Register for the Virtual Open House for Prospective Students on October 9! You’ll have an opportunity to hear from staff, faculty, and students; learn about the academic program and the research groups; and ask questions.
Learn more and register for the webinar: https://t.co/a75RteY0oj

[MIT.nano @mit_nano]

Researchers at the @medialab have developed injectable nanoantennas that can be magnetically activated to create localized therapeutic electric fields that target and kill brain cancer cells without damaging healthy brain tissue. https://t.co/rTH9gXLrXd

[MIT Center for International Studies @MIT_CIS]

On the anniversary of September 11, we pause to honor the victims, survivors, and heroes whose lives were forever changed by the attacks. Through events and discussions exploring the attacks from historical, political, social, and cultural perspectives, CIS and other global experts have contributed to the ongoing effort to understand the history and lasting impact of September 11.

View the CIS playlist featuring our events related to 9/11. https://t.co/TZsmzLVXkK

#September11 #911Anniversary #NeverForget #CIS #September11 #CIS
@StudiesMit4226 @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Congratulations to all of @techreview’s “Innovators Under 35” for 2026, including Media Labbers @ShayneRedford, @ayushchopra96, and @ariel_ekblaw! https://t.co/xzekbvA6qX

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

@NCB_MIT @DeblinaSarkar59 @ScienceAdvances Learn more:
https://t.co/WjtGp5ZC40

[Deblina Sarkar @DeblinaSarkar59]

Just published in Science Advances: HITMAN, our new technology for treating one of the deadliest brain cancers.

Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant cancers, with a median survival of only 12–15 months even with the best available care—creating an urgent need for new therapies.

HITMAN — employs injectable nano-antennas approximately 150 nanometers in size. Activated wirelessly by a low-frequency magnetic field applied from outside the body, these nano-antennas generated highly localized electric fields that selectively killed glioblastoma cells and extended survival by more than 50% in pre-clinical animal studies.

#Glioblastoma #CancerResearch #Nanotechnology #Bioelectronics #magnetoelectric
@MIT @mit_nano @medialab @kochinstitute

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Researchers in @NCB_MIT, led by @deblinasarkar59, have developed injectable nanoantennas that can be magnetically activated to create localized electric fields that target and destroy glioblastoma cells without damaging healthy brain tissue. Published in @ScienceAdvances, the technology — named HITMAN (highly-localized electric-field-induced tumor therapy using magnetically actuated nanoantennas) — eliminated 52.2 percent of drug-resistant cancer cells in pre-clinical studies, more than five times the effectiveness of standard chemotherapy, and extended median survival in animal models by 50 percent, with no detectable toxicity. https://t.co/XGPzJY95NZ

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Congratulations to Media Lab Prof. @ishii_mit on receiving the IDSA Special Achievement Award! https://t.co/0J4i1CasTH

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

In 1979, MIT researchers said "put that there" to a computer, and it listened. Yesterday, OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, the most powerful AI model ever built, opening with 47-year-old footage from our Media Room to show exactly where the idea came from. The premise that Richard Bolt, Chris Schmandt, and Eric Hulteen proved nearly five decades ago still holds: machines should adapt to human language, not the other way around. The best ideas don't expire...they compound. READ THE STORY: https://t.co/OUuxaGJzfq