| Recommended Reading | | | | | | Summer is the perfect time to curl up with a good book — and MIT authors have had much to offer in the past year. MIT News offers up a selection of books published in the past 12 months by Institute faculty and staff. |
| Redefining design through textiles MIT Morningside Academy for Design Fellow Ganit Goldstein SM ’23 combines traditional craftsmanship and technology to transform the way clothes are produced and worn. |  |
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| The chore of packing just got faster and easier A new computational method facilitates the dense placement of objects inside a rigid container. |  |
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| Researchers grow precise arrays of nanoLEDs A new technique produces perovskite nanocrystals right where they’re needed, so the exceedingly delicate materials can be integrated into nanoscale devices. |  |
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| Exploring the unexpected social questions behind everyday medical devices An MIT anthropology course encourages students to envision more equitable device design. |  |
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| Having honest conversations about representation in health care Guadalupe Hayes-Mota ’08, SM ’16 engages with MITES Saturday program participants, Leaders for Global Operations students, and others to help address systems problems in the health sector. |  |
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| These organisms have a natural gene-editing system that could be more useful than CRISPR // Popular Science MIT researchers identified a new biological editing system that could “potentially be even more precise than CRISPR gene editing.” |
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| Cement emits as much CO2 as India. Why is it so hard to fix? // The Washington Post Randolph Kirchain and Hessam AzariJafari of the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub discuss the importance of reducing the emissions produced during the cement manufacturing process. |
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| Edward Fredkin, 88, who saw the universe as one big computer, dies // The New York Times Former MIT Professor Edward Fredkin, “a pioneer in artificial intelligence and a maverick theorist,” has died at 88. |
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| Opinion: AI will profit from artists, but new “learnright” laws could help // Bloomberg Professor Thomas Malone writes about the need to adapt copyright laws in the era of generative AI. |
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| | | As a kid, Lucy Sandoe enjoyed making things out of yarn, fabric, and other soft materials. Now a graduate student in Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at MIT, she continues to pursue that passion, recently creating a three-paneled quilt embroidered with colorful patterns denoting different scientific representations of geophysical features. Through a mini grant offered by the MIT Morningside Academy for Design and the Office of Experiential Learning, Sandoe spent several hours a day designing, cutting, hand- and machine-sewing the quilt — which she describes in this Maker Story video. Her quilt will be displayed in her department and around the Boston area. |
Name: Helena Vallicrosa
Hometown: Tordera, Spain
Pronouns: She series
Affiliation: Postdoc in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
What is your research focus? I am trying to understand the impacts of human activities on vegetation through global carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles alterations. … These effects are important, since they may impact the carbon sequestration capacity (how fast global climate change is going to be), diversity and resilience on vegetation, food security and ultimately human health.
How can we build an atmosphere of inclusion, regardless of our personal or religious views? Inclusion is not only about LGBTQIA+ communities. It also embraces different sociocultural backgrounds, physical diversity, and functional diversity for example. … So, I’d say that giving space to diversity and to understand there are multiple ways of being a good boss, a professional receptionist, a banker, or a researcher is a good start.
How do you like to spend your free time? My favorite thing to do is to try good restaurants or go to the bar with friends. I realized I had to develop my indoor hobbies due to the long snowy winters, so I also found a passion for jigsaw puzzles and video games.
Full interview via MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering→ |
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