The three most promising PPE solutions were selected by expert judges on MIT Pandemic Response CoLab.

The protein, which acts as an ion channel, could be a target for new drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Osie V. Combs Jr. OEng ’77, SM ’77, president of a small, specialized defense contractor, is providing freestanding Covid testing sites to health agencies and communities.

Advance could enable artificial intelligence on household appliances while enhancing data security and energy efficiency.

Findings on short-range nuclear interactions will help scientists investigate neutron stars and heavy radioactive nuclei.

Super-spreading events are larger drivers of the Covid-19 pandemic than originally thought, according to new MIT research. “Most people generate zero or one cases, but it’s the people generating hundreds of cases that we really should be worried about,” says postdoc Felix Wong.

In her book, “Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do About It,” Professor Erin Kelly and her co-author show that “employees with more control over their work schedules were happier, healthier, and had a better work-life harmony.”

“Even as we enter a contentious stretch of litigation, in which every aspect of the election infrastructure will be scrutinized,” writes Professor Charles Stewart III, “the U.S. should be thankful for the heroic — and successful — efforts of election administrators around the country.”