Nth Cycle is bringing critical metals refining back to America. Co-founded by Desirée Plata, the firm is producing nickel and cobalt from electronic waste in Ohio. She says it benefits from MIT’s “entrepreneurial ecosystem and the ‘tough tech’ ethos.”
A software platform developed by alumni-founded Nominal helps firms build and test complex systems like fighter jets, nuclear reactors, rockets, and robots. The startup is working to accelerate products critical for national security and more.
Engineers have found that the watery fluid between cells could help explain how organs and tissues adapt to aging, diabetes, and cancer. The team next plans to look into its influence on brain function, particularly in disorders such as Alzheimer’s.
More than half of the nation’s 623,218 bridges are experiencing significant deterioration. But mechanical engineers at MIT and elsewhere have successfully demonstrated that 3D printing may provide a cost-effective, minimally disruptive solution.
Co-founded by an MIT alumna, the Advanced Silicon Group has developed a handheld system that measures protein concentrations in just minutes. The tool should make drug development and manufacturing much faster and less costly.
In a world without MIT, radar wouldn’t have been available to help win World War II. We might not have email, CT scans, time-release drugs, photolithography, or GPS. And we’d lose over 30,000 companies, employing millions of people. Can you imagine?
Since its founding, MIT has been key to helping American science and innovation lead the world. Discoveries that begin here generate jobs and power the economy — and what we create today builds a better tomorrow for all of us.