| License Plates of MIT | | | | | | What does your ride say about you? Vanity license plates of MIT community members display expressions of scholarship, creativity, “nerd” culture, Institute pride, and more. |
| Depression is different for women. Could female-specific antidepressants help? Briana Chen ’16 is working on a one-time pill that could help prevent mental illness in women who’ve been traumatized. |  |
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| Proton-conducting materials could enable new green energy technologies Analysis and materials identified by MIT engineers could lead to more energy-efficient fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, or computing devices. |  |
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| Mission directors announced for the Climate Project at MIT The effort to accelerate climate work at the Institute adds to its leadership team. |  |
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| Or Hen: Getting to the core of the matter To understand how everything from atoms to neutron stars behave, he says, requires “abstracting away the details to see main principles that drive everything.” |  |
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| Astronomers spot a highly “eccentric” planet on its way to becoming a hot Jupiter The planet’s wild orbit offers clues to how such large, hot planets take shape. |  |
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| A recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine MIT engineers have developed a fast and sustainable method for producing hydrogen fuel using aluminum, saltwater, and coffee grounds. |  |
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| The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century // The New York Times Book Review Prof. Junot Díaz’s book, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” has been named one of the 100 best books of the 21st century in The New York Times Book Review. The Pulitzer Prize-winning debut appears at number 11. |
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| Opinion: “Digital Twins” give Olympic swimmers a boost // Scientific American Graduate student Jerry Lu explores the mathematics, physics, and sensor technology that have revolutionized competitive swimming. |
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| From war skies to nuclear safety, MIT doctoral student and veteran Jill Rahon pioneers verification technology // Hoodline Graduate student Lt. Col. Jill Rahon, a war veteran and seasoned pilot, discusses her journey from her tours in Afghanistan to her research at MIT on engineering solutions for the enforcement of nuclear nonproliferation accords. |
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| You’ve heard of self-driving cars. What about self-flying planes? // The Boston Globe Merlin, a startup aviation company, is working with researchers from MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the U.S. Air Force to test systems that could be used to help control a plane’s speed, altitude, and direction of flight. |
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| | | The opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games took place yesterday in Paris, France. In this new video from the MIT Sloan Management Review, Features Editor Kaushik Viswanath speaks with Georgina Grenon, director of sustainability for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Her team had a tall order in achieving the city’s pledge: to cut emissions for the largest sporting event in the world in half, on time and on budget. She believes that the 2024 Olympics will leave a sustainability legacy that other industries and business leaders can learn from, in areas ranging from goal setting to budgeting to partnerships. |
| | | The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing recently marked a significant milestone as it celebrated the inauguration of its new building with a dedication ceremony. Attended by members of the MIT community, distinguished guests, and supporters, the ceremony provided an opportunity to reflect on the transformative gift that initiated the biggest change to MIT’s institutional structure in over 70 years. Made by Stephen Schwarzman, the chair, CEO, and co-founder of the investment firm Blackstone, the gift was the foundation for establishing the college. Pictured, left to right: Dan Huttenlocher, dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing; Schwarzman; MIT President Sally Kornbluth; and MIT President Emeritus L. Rafael Reif. |
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