MIT Science

Official account of the @MIT School of Science

[MIT EAPS @eapsMIT]

Melting ice shelves are a major contributor to sea level rise. A new Science study of 15,000+ cliffs finds they collapse faster than predicted, but then stabilize, reducing the risk of runaway collapse.
https://t.co/r6XusmU02h

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

MIT announces the MIT for America initiative. The effort aims to help U.S. learners from kindergarten to community college, with an emphasis on math, making, and the constructive use of AI. https://t.co/AN1wVtHuIb

[McGovern Institute @mcgovernmit]

Congrats to @AnnMGraybiel for winning the Review Paper of the Year from the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society!

Read the award-winning paper, "Surprises from the Basal Ganglia: Stop and Go Have New Meaning," below:

https://t.co/v4SDNRwMP4 @movedisorder

[MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit_cs3]

The size of the hole in the #ozone layer last month, measuring 10.6 million sq. miles, was especially large. However, longer term trends show that the ozone hole is slowly recovering as expected, says MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon. https://t.co/NM5XokhMHy

[MIT Science @ScienceMIT]

"There are also a lot of 'unknown unknowns' that could come from these tools, much like the map of the roundworm in the 1980s led to new biological discoveries no one could have anticipated." via @hhmi_science https://t.co/4q7OE63jKA

[MIT Science @ScienceMIT]

Happy Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the achievements of women in STEM—like computing pioneer Margaret Hamilton. Read about her legacy at MIT News https://t.co/QH8OdfOGKG

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

Congratulations to Robert E. Hall PhD ’67 and Michael Woodford PhD ’83! 👏

[Nikta Fakhri @FakhriLab]

What an honor! So grateful to my wonderful group members (alumni & current) @MIT, colleagues & mentors who have been part of my scientific journey.
I am thrilled to be named an @APSphysics Fellow!

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

John Urschel gave up his career with the Baltimore Ravens to study math at MIT. He just published a paper proving a decades-old mathematical conjecture regarding Gaussian elimination. 🔗: https://t.co/bvi8NytDgh

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

We’ve lost an icon. Margaret Hamilton, a computer science pioneer best known for her work at MIT leading development of the flight software for the Apollo missions to the moon, has died at 90. Read about her legacy via MIT News: https://t.co/ODkbdIsoHw

[The Kavli Prize @KavliPrize]

With 2026 Kavli Prize Laureate Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, a lifelong curiosity and sense of adventure shaped a scientific journey that took him from Valencia, Spain, to the frontiers of nanoscience. 1/3

[McGovern Institute @mcgovernmit]

Congrats to @devarda_a, named one of the 2026 #STATWunderkinds by @statnews!

Andrea is doing groundbreaking work in @ev_fedorenko + @roger_p_levy labs to understand how brains and machines process language.

Learn more: https://t.co/9OtM52SYQD

@mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT

[Nikta Fakhri @FakhriLab]

We made the cover of PRX!!
Our work on nonreciprocal living matter is on the cover of @PhysRevX!
Very proud of this work and this amazing team!
https://t.co/3zPYdg1Jo0
Cover credit: APS/Ella Maru

[McGovern Institute @mcgovernmit]

Congrats to Mehrdad Jazayeri for winning the 2026 Robert A. Wurtz Award in Systems Neuroscience from the @NIH and @NatEyeInstitute! 👀

https://t.co/8POgBWbi69 @mitbrainandcog @hhmi_science

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

Most colon cancer deaths are caused by the spread of tumor cells beyond the colon, usually to the liver. In a new study, MIT biologists identified a cellular pathway necessary for colorectal cancer metastasis. Drugs that block the pathway may help prevent metastasis. https://t.co/yoUZ6JsBl8

[Gene-Wei Li Lab @GeneWeiLiLab]

In our latest study, published in @MolecularCell, we reveal that mRNA sequences hundreds of nucleotides from the start codon can act as potent repressors of gene expression through long-range base pairing to the ribosome binding site (RBS)... (1/4)

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

New study in @iScience_CP: How the brain keeps its options straight at decision time: Ensembles of neurons encode information to maximize clarity throughout the process. https://t.co/pIMMFxmkFu #neuroscience @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

A new atlas of the striatum reveals insights into populations of neurons affected by Huntington’s disease, schizophrenia, addiction and other disorders. It could guide new drug treatments. https://t.co/RwHO4ks9vR #neuroscience @scienceMIT @mitbrainandcog

[MIT Science @ScienceMIT]

Congratulations to Nergis Mavalvala PhD '97, Dean of the MIT School of Science and Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics, on being named to the 2026 @Forbes 50 Over 50! #ForbesOver50 https://t.co/boiGp8UrVE

[MIT Science @ScienceMIT]

Climate-driven sea level rise is making freshwater ecosystems saltier, and @MIT_Physics researchers have uncovered how that shift could reshape the microbial communities that sustain rivers and estuaries https://t.co/lqSekSnWCW