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MIT’s new startup accelerator also announces its Board of Directors and Investment Advisory Committee.
New members have made advances in artificial skin, wireless communications, nanotechnology, hydrology, and cancer treatment.
MIT faculty reflect on why international collaboration benefits science, engineering, and technology for all.
New exhibit delves into history of Chinese students at MIT.
MIT senior will use Marshall Scholarship to work on devices that enhance mobility for the disabled.
President L. Rafael Reif spoke with Los Angeles Times reporter Deborah Netburn about MIT’s commitment to fundamental scientific research. Reif explained that at MIT researchers are working to “identify big problems and have people working on those. To me, the health of the planet and human health are the two critical ones that drive everything.”
Boston Herald reporter Jordan Graham writes that the McGovern Institute has established a new center focused on autism research, thanks to a gift from Lisa Yang and Hock Tan ’75 SM ’75. Graham explains that the center will “focus on trying to make significant jumps through new technologies such as gene editing with CRISPR/Cas9.”
Glenn Marshall of NBC Boston speaks with Tiera Guinn about working at NASA while earning her degree. “It’s really amazing,” says Guinn. "I feel like I actually have a hand in getting people to Mars someday.” Guinn’s advice for the next generation? “Whatever they think is impossible is very much so possible.”
Users can search database of 1,600 stars to find signs of new exoplanets.
Incorporating strategies from skilled human planners improves automatic planners’ performance.
New technique improves yield of useful chemicals.
Study finds the swirling gas disk disappeared within the solar system’s first 4 million years.
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