| Catch Your Z's | | | | | | Activity-tracking data from volunteers in a class taught by Professor Jeffrey Grossman show a strong relationship between students’ grades and how much sleep they get. Consistent sleep habits — not just the total amount of Z’s — also matter. Full story via MIT News | Listen on Soundcloud → |
| This flat structure morphs into shape of a human face when temperature changes New structural design could lead to self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Experts urge “full speed ahead” on climate action |
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Panelists at an MIT climate change symposium describe the state of knowledge in climate science and stress the urgent need for action. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Technique can image individual proteins within synapses Rapid imaging method could help reveal how conditions such as autism affect brain cells. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Deploying drones to prepare for climate change PhD student Norhan Bayomi uses drones to investigate how building construction impacts communities’ resilience to rising temperatures. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Lincoln Laboratory’s new artificial intelligence supercomputer is the most powerful at a university |
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TX-GAIA is tailor-made for crunching through deep neural network operations. Full story via MIT News → |
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| The sleep habits that can improve your grades, according to a new study // Time “If you can just get the same amount each night, compared to someone who averages the same amount as you but gets less consistent sleep, you’re going to do better,” says Professor Jeffrey Grossman of a new study showing that sleep consistency is just as important as duration and quality when it comes to academic performance. Full story via Time → |
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| A scientist with dyslexia on how learning to read changed her life // WBUR |
Professor Catherine Drennan shares how the experience of growing up with dyslexia has shaped her research and helped her better connect with her graduate students. Full story via WBUR → |
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| What Democrats could lose with their left turn // The New York Times |
“The embrace of progressivism solidifies support among Democratic survey respondents,” writes Alexander Agadjanian, a senior research support associate at the MIT Election Lab, in an essay for The Upshot. “But it repels independents, with a negative effect that is stronger and clearer than the signs of enthusiasm generated among Democrats.” Full story via The New York Times → |
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| A crisis like student debt can be an opportunity for a savvy entrepreneur // Forbes Laurel Taylor MBA ’15 founded a company aimed at helping students and their parents with student debt. Full story via Forbes → |
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| | | MIT’s Cecil and Ida Green Building, a.k.a. Building 54, was dedicated this week in 1964. It was designed by the late I.M. Pei ’40 and for more than half a century was the tallest building in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (The new Kendall Square at MIT Site 4 building currently under construction recently became the tallest.) Home to the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences — not to mention quite a few inspiring window treatments — the Green Building is about to get a $60 million facelift of its own: A planned upgrade will add about 12,000 square feet of new space for meeting places, classrooms, and study areas. You can even follow the Green Building on Facebook! |
MIT has a long history of leadership in the sports analytics arena. For those with a passion for sports, Counterpoints is a podcast from the MIT Sloan Management Review focusing on the world of sports analytics. In a recent episode, hosts Ben Shields and Paul Michelman ask: How do professional sports teams distinguish themselves at a time when fans have nearly unlimited access to sports and entertainment? Guest Angela Ruggiero, CEO and cofounder of Sports Innovation Lab, provides insights on ways in which the sports industry is now being disrupted.
Listen to the episode → |
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