| Gene Editing in the Lungs | | | | | | A new type of nanoparticle can be administered to the lungs, where it can deliver messenger RNA encoding useful proteins. With further development, these particles could offer an inhalable treatment for cystic fibrosis and other diseases of the lung. Full story via MIT News → |
| New additives could turn concrete into an effective carbon sink MIT engineers discover new carbonation pathways for creating more environmentally friendly concrete. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| How to balance purpose and profit Leaders at the MIT Sloan Retail Conference describe practices that support stakeholder and societal value. Full story via MIT Sloan → | |
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| MIT School of Engineering welcomes new faculty Eleven new faculty members join six of the school’s academic departments and institutes. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| How young children communicate could reveal fundamental truths about the nature of conversation MIT experts in early language development corroborate a long-debated theory about presupposed content in sentences. Full story via MIT SHASS → | |
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| A portfolio that’s out of this world Following an influential career at NASA, Ezinne Uzo-Okoro SM ’20, PhD ’22 now shapes space policy as a top White House advisor. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Where does the Boston accent come from? // Boston.com In discussing the origins of the Boston accent, Professor Edward Flemming explains how the “softening” and eventual dropping of “r” sounds appears to have spread from the south of England through ports up and down the eastern coast of America, influencing the accents found in cities like Charleston and New York City. Full story via Boston.com→ |
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| This MIT-designed device can measure air pollution anywhere // Fast Company MIT researchers have developed a low-cost air quality sensor that can be 3D printed using open-source instructions and used by people around the world. Full story via Fast Company → |
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| Mel King, whose 1983 mayoral campaign ushered in a new era in Boston race relations, dies at 94 // The Boston Globe Adjunct Professor Emeritus Melvin “Mel” King, a political activist, former Massachusetts state representative, and the first Black person to reach a Boston mayoral general election, has died at 94. “[In 1971], he founded the Community Fellows Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he became an adjunct professor of urban studies and planning.” Full story via The Boston Globe → |
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| Under a microscope, mouse colons and mutant pollen become art // Popular Science Popular Science spotlights a sampling of the winning images from this year’s MIT Koch Institute Image Awards, an annual competition showcasing some of the images produced as part of life science and biomedical research at MIT. Full story via Popular Science → |
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| | | “Storied Women of MIT” is a series of short videos from Teaching Excellence at MIT that introduces some of the iconic women in the Institute’s history. From early students and faculty to MIT’s first female president and more recent professors, the videos provide a snapshot of excellence and leadership across various fields of inquiry. Watch the videos→ |
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