| Insulin Without Injections | | | | | | An implanted “living medical device” could manage diabetes without injections. It contains cells to make insulin, fed by a tiny on-board oxygen factory. “We really are optimistic that this technology could end up helping patients,” says Professor Daniel Anderson. |
| James Fujimoto, Eric Swanson, and David Huang win Lasker Award The professor and two additional MIT affiliates were honored for influential work on optical coherence tomography, which allows rapid detection of retinal disease, among other applications. |  |
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| Ancient Amazonians intentionally created fertile “dark earth” The rich soil holds thousands of tons of carbon, sequestered over centuries by indigenous practices, a new study suggests. |  |
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| How to keep people out of the emergency room Help for immigrants in arranging primary care visits leads to substantial drop in ER visits and costs, a new study shows. |  |
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| A. Michael West: Advancing human-robot interactions in health care When he isn’t investigating human motor control, the graduate student gives back by volunteering with programs that helped him grow as a researcher. |  |
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| MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2023-24 Undergraduate engineering and computer science programs are No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2. |  |
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| Opinion: AI is coming to our neighborhoods and will show us the future of cities // The Boston Globe Professor of the practice Carlo Ratti and Harvard University Professor Antoine Picon examine the future of artificial intelligence and cities, noting their research has shown “once trained, visual AI is shockingly accurate at predicting property values, crime rates, and even public health outcomes — just by analyzing photos.” |
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| Old West Virginia steel mill becomes a green-energy powerhouse // The Wall Street Journal Form Energy, an MIT startup, is producing long-duration batteries using an electrochemical reaction that turns iron into rust and back again. |
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| New Volpe Transportation Center opens as part of $750 million deal between MIT and feds // The Boston Globe The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Kendall Square is the first building to open in MIT’s redevelopment of the 14-acre Volpe site that will ultimately include “research labs, retail, affordable housing, and open space, with the goal of not only encouraging innovation, but also enhancing the surrounding community.” |
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| Opinion: The real intervention Haiti needs // Foreign Policy Professor Malick Ghachem writes about the current political situation in Haiti, and the type of international support the country needs. |
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| | | This Hispanic Heritage Month, meet Lydia Villa-Komaroff PhD ’75, a noted molecular and cell biologist. After earning her doctorate from the MIT Department of Biology, Villa-Komaroff became a key member of the team that showed for the first time that bacteria could be induced to produce insulin — a major milestone in biotechnology. She spent the next 20 years researching growth factors and development before moving to science administration. Villa-Komaroff was also a founding member of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). Today, she leads Intersections SBD Consulting, which she founded. “Getting into MIT was one of the best things that ever happened to me,” she says. |
In the latest episode of Curiosity Unbounded, MIT President Sally Kornbluth talks with Associate Professor Fadel Adib about his work and how he’s inspired to solve pressing global issues. Adib, an affiliate of the MIT Media Lab and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, pushes the limits of wireless sensing: to monitor climate change in the oceans; to impact food production, health, and space exploration; and to see through walls. He discusses his belief in the importance of inspiring others and democratizing advanced tools and technologies, as well as his early life in Lebanon and his family-held belief that education has the power to change lives.
Listen to the episode→ |
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| 1 | | MIT’s ranking among single-campus U.S. colleges on this year’s National Academy of Inventors list of top universities by number of patents awarded (No 1. overall is the University of California system, which comprises 10 campuses) |
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