| Extracting Ocean CO2 | | | | | | A new method for removing carbon dioxide from the ocean is more efficient than systems that extract it from the air. The approach could be deployed on ships that would process seawater as they travel, or at offshore drilling platforms or fish farms. Full story via MIT News → |
| A new chip for decoding data transmissions demonstrates record-breaking energy efficiency The chip, which can decipher any encoded signal, could enable lower-cost devices that perform better while requiring less hardware. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Custom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual. Full story via MIT News | Watch the video→ | |
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| Jupneet Singh: Finding purpose through service “I feel a great connection to my community, and I always want to find a way to give back,” says the Rhodes Scholar and Air Force ROTC wing commander. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Showing up for diversity, equity, and inclusion at MIT Sloan “We are leaders within the DEI space among elite MBA programs and are proud to model the behaviors that we would like to see throughout the industry.” Full story via MIT Sloan→ | |
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| Using combustion to make better batteries An MIT team is working to harness combustion to yield valuable materials, including some that are critical in the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| MIT’s Ryan Wilson sets sights on even bigger prize after running sub 4-minute mile // CBS Boston Senior Ryan Wilson shares his joy at being the first Boston area student athlete to run a sub 4-minute mile and being named the Division 3 National Athlete of the Week. Full story via CBS Boston→ |
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| Is AI coming for your job? Tech experts weigh in: “They don’t replace human labor” // CBS News Professor David Autor discusses how the rise of artificial intelligence could change the quality of jobs available. Full story via CBS News→ |
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| MIT Juggling Club going strong after half century // Cambridge Day After almost 50 years, the MIT Juggling Club, which was founded in 1975 and then merged with a unicycle club, is the oldest drop-in juggling club in continuous operation and still welcomes any aspiring jugglers to come toss a ball (or three) into the air. Full story via Cambridge Day→ |
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| What’s behind the Chinese spy balloon // The New Yorker Professor M. Taylor Fravel, director of the MIT Security Studies Program, discusses China’s military strategy and the future of U.S.-China relations. Full story via The New Yorker→ |
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We often hear about recycling as a way to make an impact on climate change right in your own home. But how big a difference are we really making when we recycle? In a new episode of the TILclimate podcast, Anders Damgaard, senior researcher at the Technical University of Denmark, helps listeners understand the climate benefits of recycling — and why they depend on what we’re recycling and how.
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| | | | | Taking classes from a Nobel Prize winner doesn’t happen every day. | | —Oscar Vele, a strategic development worker from Ecuador who had the opportunity to study with Professor (and Nobel laureate) Esther Duflo as part of MIT’s MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science Full story via MIT News → |
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