| New Look | | | | | This week, MIT launched a redesigned homepage, a new daily email newsletter, and a redesigned weekly. (Hello!) The new homepage aims to honor but also improve upon the Institute’s long-distinctive approach to a homepage. And our new MIT Daily and MIT Weekly will provide regular doses of Institute news and culture. We hope you’ll enjoy these new products, and we welcome your feedback on the homepage and on the new newsletters. |
| Making the case for a U.S. particle accelerator Prof. Richard Milner weighs in on the proposal for the proposed Electron Ion Collider, which recently got a boost from the National Academies. |  |
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| Inspiring robotics engineers of the future Barbie has a new engineering career, thanks, in part, to MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal. |  |
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| Light-controlled polymers switch between sturdy and soft New material reversibly changes its structure in response to different wavelengths of light. |  |
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| Contemplating the eyes in the sky 🛰️ Media studies scholar Lisa Parks examines the way satellites and other aerial technologies have changed society. |  |
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| A mathematical view on embryonic development Research shows the beautiful mathematics behind cell packing, which enables our body parts to grow in the right way. |  |
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| Using AI to drag cancer treatment into the 21st century // New Scientist Prof. Regina Barzilay is on a quest to revolutionize cancer treatment by applying artificial intelligence in ways that could help doctors detect cancer earlier. |
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| Engaging middle schoolers with DynaMIT // WCVB-TV MIT biology major Julia Cho says DynaMIT, a summer camp created by MIT students, offers hands-on activities and opportunities for younger students to “explore to their heart’s content.” |
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| Einstein proven right on 100-year-old theories // Newsweek An MIT team helped confirm that the theory of special relativity applies even to tiny, high-energy subatomic particles known as neutrinos. |
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| | | Since 1968, the Muddy Charles Pub has been a spot for the MIT community to relax, socialize, and share ideas. It’s also become a networking hub for researchers, entrepreneurs, and alumni in the public sector and in industry. |
 | | | | My MIT education has shown me that in a world so filled with technology we have to make sure that we make room for humanity. | | —Ryan Robinson ’17, whose startup, Conduit, is developing more efficient methods of producing blockchain, the secure technoloy behind Bitcoin |
| 231,958 | | Number of square smoots occupied by the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For those not up on their smoot conversions, this translates to 0.67 square km or 0.25 square mi. |
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