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[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

Myriam Heiman named the director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Heiman, who studies neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, will lead the institute beginning July 1. https://t.co/olQ9kX6xw0 #neuroscience @ScienceMIT

[MIT Chemistry @ChemistryMIT]

Researchers in the Peng Lab use custom-built microscopy and nanotechnology to tag and follow the activity of individual proteins in real time.

https://t.co/t4XEua4rCQ

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

Science is Curiosity on a Mission: It includes all of us who ask "why" and make it our mission to find out. These are the discoveries that move the country forward. The pursuit of ideas that seemed impossible until they weren’t. #CuriosityOnAMission

[MIT Chemistry @ChemistryMIT]

Congratulations to Class of 2026 Seniors Eric Bi, Katelyn Howard, Nina Petulla, Jason Schuler, Alex Tang, Titus Tsai, and Amy Wang, who have all been selected for induction into @PhiBetaKappa!

https://t.co/6lh4mkHxX1

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

Joey Davis' work has helped reveal that unlike building a house, which happens in a prescribed sequence of steps — pouring the foundation, building the frame, putting on the roof — ribosomes can be assembled in a more flexible way.

Understanding how these structures form and later break down could help researchers learn more about how disruptions of these fundamental processes can lead to disease. https://t.co/p3LyPhsphf

[MIT EAPS @eapsMIT]

Old hack, new tricks: The Green Building Tetris hack is up and running again, thanks to the dedication of a collection of MIT students who were willing to sink countless hours and resources into redesigning the hardware.
https://t.co/ufwLrGQ0bX

[HBO @HBO]

Celebrating AAPI month with voices from across continents, cultures, and generations.

The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas premieres May 13 on @hbomax. #TheAListHBO

[MIT Chemistry @ChemistryMIT]

Researchers in the Cummins and Gilliard Labs have captured an elusive boron-oxygen ring. This discovery could expand the chemistry of boron-based reagents, providing new tools for oxidation reactions in synthesis and materials science.

https://t.co/jeRP7Mtwqb

[MIT EAPS @eapsMIT]

Scientists have confirmed the detection of organic molecules on Mars. They were found in a sample collected by NASA's Curiosity Rover and analyzed using the rover's on-board mini lab called the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM).
https://t.co/ygY5BGDKRq

[MIT Chemistry @ChemistryMIT]

Congratulations to Professor Brett McGuire, who, alongside @MITEECS Professor Jacob Andreas, has been selected as the winner of the 2026 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award.

https://t.co/Dxeimb4RrI

[MIT Science @ScienceMIT]

At the 2026 NASA Red Sox STEM day, over 4,000 students and teachers learned about NASA’s missions before attending an afternoon game. The @TESSatMIT traveling transit model made the trip to Fenway to demonstrate how TESS searches for planets around distant stars!

[MIT Chemistry @ChemistryMIT]

Simon Friedman '89, a Curators Distinguished Professor of pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, has led the work to develop materials that can hold a well of insulin under the skin until activated by light.

https://t.co/3k6fKO4MPG

[MIT EAPS @eapsMIT]

Researchers at MIT are revealing new populations of asteroids, including smaller ones that could pose a danger to our space infrastructure. Prof Julien de Wit and research scientists Artem Burdanov and Saverio Cambioni break it down on GBH
https://t.co/jqRvoKvlta

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

What does it mean that @SaraPrescott6 is "Committed to Caring"? She cultivates a lab where students can think boldly while feeling genuinely supported, and where they are seen not only as researchers, but as whole people. Read more: https://t.co/hWE4kkDP3D @MITBiology @ScienceMIT

[MIT EAPS @eapsMIT]

Samples collected from asteroid Ryugu contain nucleobases, commonly called the building blocks of life. They have also been found from samples collected from asteroid Bennu, suggesting that the chemical ingredients for life may be common beyond Earth.
https://t.co/QuyMw0fMOR

[MIT Physics @MIT_Physics]

A boom in gravitational waves leaves scientists with more questions than answers https://t.co/LEsL5zPCuB

[MIT Chemistry @ChemistryMIT]

We're excited to share that MIT Chemistry has received a #1 rankling by QS World University Rankings (@worlduniranking) for 2026!

@MIT has been ranked as the No. 1 university in the world by QS World University Rankings for 14 straight years.

https://t.co/0GLuV8cgE1

[MIT Physics @MIT_Physics]

A. Neil Pappalardo ’64 remembered for his lasting impact on the MIT Department of Physics https://t.co/CfzBZR5fkb

[MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit_cs3]

What does the future hold for #weather and #climate in New England and beyond? In an interview with Boston Globe reporter Joshua Miller, MIT CS3 Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser highlights what we can expect from the global to the local.
https://t.co/fKMcYMost7

[MIT Chemistry @ChemistryMIT]

Congratulations to Chemistry Research Specialist Dr. Gang Liu, who has been chosen to receive a 2026 MIT Excellence Award in the category of Outstanding Contributor!

https://t.co/GpFAhnvUMm