| Study: Colon cancer screenings are more effective than previously understood By reevaluating existing data, researchers find the procedure is even more valuable than consensus had indicated. |  |
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| Institute Professor Emeritus Robert Solow, pathbreaking economist, dies at age 99 The Nobel-winning scholar changed his field, taught generations of students, and helped make MIT a global leader in economics research. |  |
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| Minicourse open to the MIT community gives context to the Middle East crisis Attended by more than 500 students, faculty, staff, and alumni, with more sessions planned, the course offers a jumping off point for constructive discussions. |  |
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| Engineers develop a vibrating, ingestible capsule that might help treat obesity Swallowing the device before a meal could create a sense of fullness, tricking the brain into thinking it’s time to stop eating. |  |
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| MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Inventors for 2023 MIT Koch Institute researchers Daniel Anderson and Ana Jaklenec, plus 11 MIT alumni, are honored for inventions that have made a tangible impact on society. |  |
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| The science and art of complex systems Senior and physics major Gosha Geogdzhayev devotes himself to climate modeling and writing poetry. |  |
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| Carlo Ratti appointed curator of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale // Arch Daily Professor of the practice Carlo Ratti has been named curator of the 2025 International Architecture Exhibition, the Biennale Architettura. |
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| Is it OK if AI surpasses us? // The Boston Globe Professor Manolis Kellis discusses how artificial intelligence could potentially impact biological advances and medicine. |
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| Scientists convert CO2 into clean fuel // ClimateWire MIT engineers developed a process to convert carbon dioxide into a powder that can be safely stored for decades. |
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| AI discovers new class of antibiotics to kill drug-resistant bacteria // New Scientist MIT researchers used artificial intelligence to uncover “a new class of antibiotics that can treat infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria.” |
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| | | MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP) begins on Monday and runs through Feb. 2. For over half a century, IAP has been a period of exploration, connection, and creativity for the entire MIT community — a time for students, faculty, staff, and alumni to teach and learn from one another about anything from holography to bike building to tai chi to computer-aided design, and so much more. Community members can learn about for-credit subjects via the Registrar’s Office and explore the extensive list of non-credit IAP activities on the MIT Events Calendar. |
In a new episode of the “Lock The Quill” podcast from MIT’s Pappalardo Lab, host Daniel Braunstein chats with Professor Emeritus Gilbert Strang, a longtime faculty member in the Department of Mathematics. Recently retired, Strang recounts his undergraduate years at MIT and the path that led him back to the Institute, where he taught for six decades. He also discusses his beef with calculus, how he became a leader in sharing linear algebra with a wide audience through MIT’s OpenCourseWare (OCW), and why math is beautiful.
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