A new method called tensor holography could enable the creation of holograms for virtual reality, 3D printing, medical imaging, and more — and it can run on a smartphone.

A voracious learner, he fulfilled his dream of attending MIT like his hero, Tony Stark.

Professors Guth, Olivetti, Short, and Yaffe are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.

Saha Global, co-founded by two MIT alumnae, helps Ghanaian women start profitable water treatment businesses to serve their communities.

MIT students Malik and Miles George gain attention on the video-sharing social network for their captivating, funny science videos.

Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland emphasizes the need for upgrading speaking/hearing systems on laptops, in order to help improve the experience of working from home.

Sanjay Sarma, vice president for Open Learning, and William Bonvillian, senior director of special projects for Open Learning, underscore the need to improve workforce education to help reduce income inequality and domestic innovation. “A more equitable and innovative future is possible, provided we leave our previously scattershot approaches behind,” they write.

A group of MIT alumni recently published a book, “Points of You,” which chronicles some of the struggles youths often face as they enter adulthood. “In this book we aimed to share real and unfiltered accounts of what we wish we’d known while growing up,” says Minha Fahmi ’19. “By presenting the perspectives of four very different people, we hope that teenagers and young adults can find understanding and new points of view.”

Professor Ruth Lehmann, director of the Whitehead Institute, underscores the importance of basic science, discusses her own research, and shares some insights on work underway at the Whitehead. “There are so many areas that are so important for science,” says Lehmann. “One is supporting fundamental research. But then there are other areas like diversity and disparities.”