| Egg Physics Cracked | | | | | | Conventional wisdom has long held that an egg is strongest when dropped vertically (🥚). But when MIT students put this assumption to the test, they discovered that eggs dropped on their sides are actually far more resilient. “Our paper is a reminder of the value in challenging common notions and relying on empirical evidence, rather than intuition,” says Associate Professor Tal Cohen. |
| MIT physicists snap the first images of “free-range” atoms The results will help scientists visualize never-before-seen quantum phenomena in real space. |  |
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| Study of facial bacteria could lead to probiotics that promote healthy skin During the early teen years, many new strains of C. acnes colonize the skin on our faces. This could be an optimal time for probiotic treatment. |  |
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| The age-old problem of long-term care Informal help is a huge share of elder care in the U.S., a burden that is only set to expand. A new book explores different countries’ solutions. |  |
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| System lets robots identify an object’s properties through handling With a novel simulation method, robots can guess the weight, softness, and other physical properties of an object just by picking it up. |  |
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| Making AI models more trustworthy for high-stakes settings A new method helps convey uncertainty more precisely, which could give researchers and medical clinicians better information to make decisions. |  |
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| Dressing for success with smart clothing Yiyue Luo SM ’20, PhD ’24 is developing clothes that can sense where a person is, know what movement is needed to perform a task, and provide physical cues to guide performance. |  |
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| “I missed talking math with people”: Why John Urschel left the NFL for MIT // The Guardian Assistant Professor John Urschel discusses his decision to leave his career as a guard for the Baltimore Ravens to focus on his love for math. “I missed talking math with people, learning things, being around other people who like … math-related issues,” he says. |
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| MIT sues federal science agency over cuts to “crucial research” // MassLive MIT has joined with the American Association of Universities, American Council on Education, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and 12 other universities in filing suit to contest the National Science Foundation announcement that it will implement 15% caps on indirect costs for NSF research grants. |
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| MIT’s tiny hopping robot is designed to go places humans can’t // Mashable Researchers at MIT have developed a “small, hopping robot designed to traverse challenging environments.” The robot’s design “enables movement across diverse surfaces and the ability to carry loads exceeding its own weight.” |
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| MIT developing bra to detect breast cancer // NBC Boston Associate Professor Canan Dagdeviren discusses her work developing a wearable ultrasound scanner that can be used for early breast cancer detection, with the goal of empowering “women to monitor their own bodies, on their own time and in the comfort of their own home.” |
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| | | The cutting edge of research is very small — and very clean. In this special video episode of the Science Quickly podcast from Scientific American, host Rachel Feltman joins Vladimir Bulović, director of MIT.nano, on a tour of the facility’s nanoscale capabilities. Its tightly controlled clean room hosts research across numerous fields, from microelectronics to medical nanotechnology. |
Name: Carolyn Carlson
Affiliation: Senior academic programs assistant, MIT Anthropology
Years at MIT: It will be a decade in mid-May!
Where are you from originally? Connecticut
What’s the best thing about your job? Meeting students, many of whom are encountering anthropology for the first time; and arriving at solutions to logistical problems with kind and thoughtful colleagues.
What advice would you offer someone interested in what you do? Ask lots of questions, and create systems for staying organized.
What are your hobbies and outside interests? I love yoga, reading, biking, knitting, hanging out with my teenagers, and taking local summer trips with my husband in our tiny camper. Last September I completed my first (short-distance) triathlon, and I’m planning one or two more for this summer.
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