| EVs and the Grid | | | | | | Widespread adoption of electric vehicles might require costly new power plants to meet peak loads, according to some projections. But carefully planning where EV charging stations are built and when they’re used could mitigate that need, researchers report. |
| Peter Baddoo, Department of Mathematics instructor, dies at 29 Baddoo was a respected and admired scholar, teacher, mentor, and colleague. |  |
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| MIT professor to Congress: “We are at an inflection point” with AI Aleksander Mądry urges lawmakers to ask rigorous questions about how AI tools are being used by corporations. |  |
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| 2023 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named Professors Gabrieli, Gubar, Martin, and Sass are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching. |  |
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| Mix-and-match kit could enable astronauts to build a menagerie of lunar exploration bots Robotic parts could be assembled into nimble spider bots for exploring lava tubes or heavy-duty elephant bots for transporting solar panels. |  |
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| It’s a weird, weird quantum world In MIT’s 2023 Killian Lecture, Peter Shor shares a brief history of quantum computing from a personal viewpoint. |  |
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| Sun Belt? Meh. Many baby boomers are staying put // The Boston Globe Associate Professor Albert Saiz discusses how older Americans are impacting the real estate market in the Greater Boston area. |
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| Opinion: Beyond saving Silicon Valley Bank’s depositors, here’s what needs to happen next // The Los Angeles Times Professor Simon Johnson outlines how regulation and supervision of the banking industry should be strengthened following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. |
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| New MIT Museum answers some unusual questions // WCVB-TV Chronicle visits the new MIT Museum, highlighting a number of exhibits, including one exploring the research behind the hunt for gravitational waves and another that examines the impacts humans are having on the environment. |
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| Local scientists hope to create the ultimate Covid-19 vaccine // The Boston Globe MIT researchers used an artificial intelligence system to identify a potential new Covid-19 vaccine that may be effective against both current and future variants of the virus. |
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| | | Continuing its annual tradition, this year’s MIT Admissions video is an anime depicting one prospective student’s road to the Institute. It was written, directed, and animated by undergraduates Isabella Y., Jenny B., Jenny Z., and Kai VB., who were inspired by the anime series “Neon Genesis Evangelion.” Within a story of alien invasion, they bundle in glimpses of MIT life, including the cheetah robot, Tim the Beaver, and fire spinning. Regular Action decisions for the Class of 2027 became available on Pi Day at Tau Time. |
| 33,400FT | | Altitude reached by MIT’s Phoenix rocket in a recent test launch, making it the most successful two-stage launch in MIT Rocket Team history |
| | | Families from MIT and greater Cambridge gathered recently for the annual Winter Family Day. With collaborators from across the Institute and the City of Cambridge, attendees enjoyed a fun-filled day with interactive activities and performances. The event was MIT Open Space Programming’s largest program to date, with an estimated turnout of 1,500 attendees. |
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