Mighty microbots + history through poetry + LLM reasoning

By rahmat hidayat

Jumat, 05 Desember 2025

view in browser MIT Daily December 5, 2025 Greetings! Here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Nimble Bug Bots Researchers in EECS and AeroAstro developed a tiny aerial robot that can fly with speed and agility comparable to some insects. The research opens the door to future bug-sized robots that could aid in search-and-rescue missions. Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines Revisiting a revolution through poetry In “American Independence in verse,” MIT philosopher Brad Skow uses poems to explore the American Revolution from multiple perspectives. Full story via MIT News → A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems This new technique enables LLMs to dynamically adjust the amount of computation they use for reasoning, based on the difficulty of the question. Full story via MIT News → Staying stable Whether they walk on two, four, or six legs, animals maintain stability by monitoring their body position and correcting errors with every step. Full story via MIT News → #ThisisMIT Follow @mitwomensleague on Instagram→ In the Media MIT drug hunters are using AI to design completely new antibiotics // Fast Company Researchers at MIT are using AI systems to design new molecules for potential antibiotics, research that is “aimed at the growing challenge of antibiotic-resistant infections.” Professor James Collins explains that: “The number of resistant bacterial pathogens has been growing, decade upon decade. And the number of new antibiotics being developed has been dropping, decade upon decade.”  Full story via Fast Company→ Listen In this episode of Sloanies Talking with Sloanies, Yurui (Rui) Tong MBN ’21, a graduate of the MIT Sloan Master of Business Analytics program, reflects on her educational and professional journey through a lens of self-discovery and curiosity. She shares her early struggles with math, and how she eventually realized that her strengths lie in storytelling and narrative-based problem-solving. At MIT, a key lesson came from Professor Dimitris Bertsimas, who advised her to confront difficult problems head-on — a mindset that continues to guide her career. Tong’s path includes diverse roles, from WHO to Deloitte to Remitly, where she now serves as a senior product manager working on fraud detection powered by AI. Listen to the full episode→ This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by the MIT Concert Band. 🪈 Thanks for reading, and have a nice weekend! —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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