Palladium power + AI supercomputer + healthier online spaces

By rahmat hidayat

Senin, 06 Oktober 2025

view in browser MIT Daily October 6, 2025 Greetings! Here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Empowering Palladium Impenetrable to every gas but hydrogen, palladium is key to hydrogen-based energy. Palladium membranes are now used to make semiconductors and fertilizer; a new version developed at MIT that’s resilient at much higher temperatures could be used to make hydrogen fuel. Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines Lincoln Lab unveils the most powerful AI supercomputer at any US university Optimized for generative AI, TX-GAIN is driving innovation in biodefense, materials discovery, cybersecurity, and other areas of research and development. Full story via MIT News → System lets people personalize online social spaces while staying connected with others By enabling users to easily create social apps that serve communities’ needs, the Graffiti framework aims to promote healthier online interactions. Full story via MIT News → Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship welcomes Ana Bakshi as new executive director Bakshi will help shape and scale entrepreneurship education and platform at MIT. Full story via MIT News → #ThisisMIT Follow @mitsailing on Instagram→ In the Media The 10 best U.S. colleges if you want to earn a high salary — No. 1 can add over $114,000 // CNBC MIT has been named the top college in the country in the latest Wall Street Journal / College Pulse Best Salaries rankings, which identifies universities with the largest impact on graduates’ salary outcomes.  Full story via CNBC→ Happenings A selection of this week’s community events: — Tuesday, Oct. 7, 6 p.m. | Whitehead Institute presents Gina McCarthy and Ruth Lehmann: Science, Trust, and the Future of Our Planet — Wednesday, Oct. 8, 12 p.m. | MIT Security Studies Program presents James Goodrich: China’s Big Science Bet — Wednesday, Oct. 8, 5 p.m. | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences presents Ray Kurzweil: Reinventing Intelligence — Wednesday, Oct. 8, 5:15 p.m. | MIT Energy Initiative presents Kurt Kelty: Driving American Battery Technology Forward — Thursday, Oct. 9, 6 p.m. | MIT Sloan Design Club and MIT Morningside Academy for Design present Stuart Weitzman: In His Shoes — Thursday, Oct. 9, 6-9 p.m. | MIT Museum presents After Dark: Rhythm — Friday, Oct. 10, 3:30 p.m. | Department of Mechanical Engineering presents Giovanni Traverso: Engineering for Extremes — Materials, Medicines, and Machines for the Gastrointestinal Tract — Friday, Oct. 10, 7:30-11 p.m. | The MIT Disabilities ERG presents Festival Henge More happenings via MIT Events→ This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by what to do if you’re expecting (or got) a bad grade. 👎🏻 Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day! —MIT News Forward This Email Subscribe This email was sent to rh3252705.pese@blogger.com because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. subscribe update preferences unsubscribe view in browser MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA

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