| Happy Holidays | | | | | | As per tradition, MIT President L. Rafael Reif and Christine Reif have shared a special e-greeting, wishing everyone at the Institute a joyous holiday season and an inspiring new year. View the greeting → |
| Repurposing wasp venom as an antibiotic drug Altered peptides from a South American wasp’s venom can kill bacteria but are nontoxic to human cells. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| “Climate change will not wait for us” 🌍 At the 2018 UN Climate Change Conference, MIT researchers share knowledge and tools to help nations meet Paris Agreement targets. Full story via MIT News → |
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| Going interstellar with Voyager 2 MIT Kavli Institute’s John Richardson describes MIT’s role in the historic passing of the Voyager 2 craft past the heliopause and into the interstellar medium. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Building a more inclusive future, worldwide An avid traveler, organizer, and educator, senior Kathleen Schwind helps others develop skills in negotiation and leadership. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Deep-learning technique reveals “invisible” objects in the dark Method could illuminate features of biological tissues in low-exposure images. Full story via MIT News → |
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| American corn is changing the weather // Atlas Obscura A study by MIT researchers provides evidence that large-scale corn production in the U.S. impacts weather patterns. Full story via Atlas Obscura → |
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| Cyborg plant controls a robot to move itself // Motherboard Media Lab researchers have developed a plant-robot hybrid that “uses electrodes, a robot, and wheels to drive itself around and survive.” Full story via Motherboard → |
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| This scientist is fixing bias in algorithms // WGBH Graduate student Irene Chen discusses her work trying to reduce bias in health care algorithms. Full story via WGBH → |
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| Replacing batteries with a molten silicon “sun-in-a-box” // Popular Mechanics Researchers have developed a design for storing renewable energy that “would cost around half as much as the current cheapest form of renewable energy ready to scale out to an entire grid.” Full story via Popular Mechanics → |
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| | | A virtual tour highlights MIT’s signature buildings from the past century. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the School of Architecture and Planning, the oldest architecture school in the United States. Through spring 2019, the MIT community will celebrate this milestone, reflecting on the past and present, and envisioning the future of architectural education at MIT. Full story via Arts at MIT → |
| | | | | If you have dreams, if you have goals, don’t shut these things down. Don’t fit into certain stereotypes. Don’t think you can’t have multiple aspirations. | | —Graduate student John Urschel on what inspired him to pursue a PhD in mathematics while he was an NFL lineman Full story via CBS News → |
| | | Four seniors in 6.811 (Principles and Practices of Assistive Technology) have designed an audible device to help Pauline Dowell, a legally blind MIT employee and sailing enthusiast, navigate on the water. In the photo above, Dowell (center) hangs out with her seeing eye dog, Dora, and MIT students from Team Pauline: (l-r) Sandy Yang, Tiffany Xi, Rebecca Agustin, and Temitope Olabinjo. Full story via MIT News → |
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