| A Lifetime of Learning | | | | | | Now 99 years old, Sidney Diamond came out of retirement to join the Sinha Lab and study how the brain processes sensory signals. “You have the responsibility to learn as much as you can about the things that interest you,” he says. Watch the video→ |
| Fiber computer allows apparel to run apps and “understand” the wearer MIT researchers developed a fiber computer and networked several of them into a garment that learns to identify physical activities. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| MIT engineers prepare to send three payloads to the moon Data from the devices will help future astronauts navigate the moon’s south polar region and search for frozen water. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| How to use generative AI to augment your workforce Artificial intelligence can be useful in the workplace, but humans have to first define what success looks like, says Professor Danielle Li. Full story via MIT Sloan→ | |
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| Reducing carbon emissions from residential heating: A pathway forward A new MIT study identifies steps that can lower not only emissions, but also costs, across the combined electric power and natural gas industries that now supply heating fuels. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Turning a seaweed crisis into an energy opportunity Legena Henry SM ’10 is the CEO of Rum and Sargassum, a startup that converts invasive seaweed into renewable natural gas to fuel cars. Full story via MIT Technology Review→ | |
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| These leading ladies are providing women with shelter and dedicating research to endometriosis // Chronicle Professor Linda Griffith, “a forerunner in the field of biological engineering,” discusses her research investigating endometriosis and breaking the stigma around menstruation. Full story via Chronicle→ |
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| Autonomous navigation for drones // Tech Briefs Graduate research assistants Maisy Lam and Laura Dodds discuss their work developing MiFly, a new approach that “enables a drone to self-localize, or determine its position, in indoor, dark, and low-visibility environments.” Full story via Tech Briefs→ |
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| The Sloan Foundation announces 126 research fellows for 2025 // Forbes Seven MIT faculty members — Ariel Furst, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Mohsen Ghaffari, Darcy McRose, Sarah Millholland, Emil Verner, and Christian Wolf — along with 21 additional MIT alumni have been awarded 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships for “being among the most promising scientific researchers currently working in their fields.” Full story via Forbes→ |
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| “There’s going to be a lot of science” at 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale // Dezeen Professor of the practice Carlo Ratti, curator of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, explores how this year’s event will be a “science-heavy edition of the festival examining the changing role of architecture at a time of environmental instability.” Full story via Dezeen→ |
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In the latest episode of the Curiosity Unbounded podcast, MIT President Sally Kornbluth asks Associate Professor Brent Minchew to describe how he went from being a 17-year-old U.S. Marine to an MIT geophysicist studying glaciers and their impact on ocean levels. The two also discuss his current work on glacier-related sea-level rise and potential mitigation solutions.
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| | | | | The process of collaborating, disagreeing, building with others who are different — this is the key to growth and development. | | —Michael Ewing, second-year undergraduate in mechanical engineering, at the 51st annual MLK Celebration Luncheon Learn more via MIT News → |
| | | What can signals from the human body reveal about the power of music to move people? Elaine Chew SM ’98, PhD ’00, a concert pianist and professor of engineering at King’s College London, seeks to understand how people react to music by developing methods to analyze music and its physiological impacts. Inspired by the irregular heartbeat patterns of arrythmia, Chew began her research by creating music to those beats. This work led to a new way of understanding heart rhythms, as Chew began to colloborate with doctors to investigate music’s impacts on heart health. Chew, who is “very grateful to be given the chance to do this work,” hopes this research could be used in music-based therapies and diagnostics for cardiovascular diseases. Watch the video→ |
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