| A Better Nasal Swab | | | | | For the last year, OPT Industries, founded by Jifei Ou SM ’14, PhD ’19, has been working with hospitals to deliver a new type of nasal swab for Covid-19 testing. Tiny woven lattices within the swabs allow them to absorb and release more fluid than conventional swabs. |
| Study reveals uncertainty in how much carbon the ocean absorbs over time Climate projections could be off by five years, researchers find. |  |
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| 3 Questions: Emma Teng on anti-Asian American violence in the US |
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MIT historian, and scholar of assimilation and exclusion, surveys the deeper history behind the current crisis. |  |
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| An artificial intelligence tool that can help detect melanoma Using deep convolutional neural networks, researchers devise a system that quickly analyzes wide-field images of patients’ skin in order to more efficiently detect cancer. |  |
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| What has the pandemic revealed about the US health care system — and what needs to change? Seven MIT researchers see lessons and opportunities for United States health care. |  |
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| Seeking the cellular mechanisms of disease, with help from machine learning Caroline Uhler blends machine learning, statistics, and biology to understand how our bodies respond to illness. |  |
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| MIT scientists launch Future Founders Initiative to help solve biotech’s “missing women” problem // The Boston Globe A group of MIT scientists has announced the Future Founders Initiative, aimed at addressing gender inequities in the biotech industry. “If we can’t advance discoveries at the same rate for women and men, that means there are drugs, therapies, devices, and diagnostics that are not getting to where they can actually benefit people,” says President Emerita Susan Hockfield. “If as a region we want to continue to lead the world, the best thing to do is not squander our resources.” |
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| So what’s the point of playtime? // The Atlantic “Pretending to fight dragons won’t make you any better at fighting dragons,” says Professor Laura Schulz, but when children play pretend, “they’re setting up a cognitive space where they can create a problem and then solve it.” |
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| MIT grad is part of NASA team that will determine whether helicopter can fly on Mars // The Boston Globe Farah Alibay PhD ’14 discusses her work with the Ingenuity helicopter, an experiment aimed at achieving flight on Mars: “If we are able to demonstrate flight, it could open up ... incredible possibilities for future missions that could be scout helicopters for rovers or science helicopters for exploring Mars.” |
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| In Conversation with Professor Nancy Rose // Women in Economics Podcast |
Professor Nancy Rose discusses what led her to study economics, her time working at the U.S. Department of Justice, and why teaching and mentoring are so important to her. |
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| | | Massachusetts granted MIT its official charter 160 years ago today, on April 10, 1861, although classes began in 1865 due to the Civil War. Initially established in Boston’s Back Bay, the Institute moved to Cambridge in 1916. |
I’m planning to get vaccinated because ...
I’m looking forward to walking along Memorial Drive, on the MIT side, and entering Killian Court on the way to my office.
—Melissa Nobles, Kenan Sahin Dean and professor of political science in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences |
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| 3,000 | | Approximate weight, in pounds, of haddock chowder being served at 10 MIT residence halls in March and April. During the Covid-19 pandemic, MIT Sea Grant has worked with the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance to help independent fishermen stay on the water and supply nutritious chowder meals to communities and food banks in New England. The Small Boats, Big Taste program recently teamed up with MIT Dining to bring the chowder to MIT undergraduates this spring. |
| | | Are you fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and working or living on campus? If so, remember that you must continue regular Covid-19 testing in order to access MIT buildings. According to MIT Medical, you will also need to continue taking precautions in public settings where the vaccination status of others is unknown — wearing a mask, staying six feet from others outside your home, and washing your hands regularly. |
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