| Analyzing Hospice Care | | | | | | MIT economists have found that using hospice providers reduces Medicare expenses by around $29,000 over the first five years after someone is diagnosed with dementia. “Hospice is saving Medicare a lot of money,” says Professor Jonathan Gruber. “Those are big numbers.” Full story via MIT News → |
| Oceanographers record the largest predation event ever observed in the ocean The scientists’ wide-scale acoustic mapping technique could help track vulnerable keystone species. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Making agriculture more resilient to climate change Researchers across MIT are working on ways to boost food production and help crops survive drought. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Interactive mouthpiece opens up new opportunities for health data, assistive technology, and hands-free interactions “MouthIO” is an in-mouth device that users can digitally design and 3D print to capture health data and interact with a computer or phone. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Presidential portrait of L. Rafael Reif unveiled A reception at Gray House honored MIT’s 17th president, who led the Institute for more than 10 years. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Fusing science and culture through metalsmithing Through exploration in her lab, Technical Instructor Rhea Vedro helps students discover the power of working with their own hands. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| How MIT’s Rad Lab rescued D-Day After two British physicists invented a revolutionary gadget, MIT researchers used it to develop the radar devices that helped defeat the Nazis. Full story via MIT Technology Review→ | |
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| Computer scientists prove heat destroys quantum entanglement // Quanta Magazine MIT researchers have discovered a hard limit for the “spooky” phenomenon known as quantum entanglement. Full story via Quanta Magazine→ |
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| First “black hole triple” may have formed in a surprisingly gentle way // Popular Science MIT physicists have discovered, for the first time, a black hole triple. “While astronomers have been observing violent supernovae for centuries, this new triple system may be the first evidence of a black hole that formed from a more gentle process.” Full story via Popular Science→ |
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| If you live in the South, get ready to spend fewer days outside // Fast Company MIT researchers developed a method to model how climate change will impact the number of “outdoor days” — days with comfortable temperatures for outdoor activities — and found Southern states in the U.S. will lose a significant number of outdoor days. Full story via Fast Company→ |
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| All-in-One: New 3D printing method controls color and texture with single material // 3Dprint.com Researchers at MIT and elsewhere developed a 3D printing method that allows “precise control over color, shade, texture, all with just a single material.” Full story via 3dprint.com→ |
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| | | Every year, the best students in French studies at MIT can apply for a January Scholars award, which allows them to spend two weeks in Paris under the guidance of a French faculty member. This program of cultural immersion includes visits and conferences given by experts in their field, as well as the opportunity to partake in Parisian culture and daily life. This new video offers a peek into the experience. Watch the video→ |
| | | The MIT community and visitors have a new reason to drop by MIT.nano: six artworks by Brazilian artist and sculptor Denise Milan. From Milan’s “Mist of the Earth” series, the works center around the stone as a microcosm of nature and asks viewers to reflect on the environmental changes that result from human-made development. Milan is the inaugural artist in “Encounters,” a series presented by STUDIO.nano, a new initiative from MIT.nano that encourages the exploration of platforms and pathways at the intersection of technology, science, and art. Learn more→ |
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