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Small sensors or drug delivery devices could reside in the GI tract indefinitely.
Medicaid patients wait longer to see doctors, study finds.
Introducing genetic mutations with CRISPR offers a fast and accurate way to simulate the disease.
By measuring this emerging vital sign, CSAIL system could help monitor and diagnose health issues like cognitive decline and cardiac disease.
Historian’s new book explores pop music and the transformation of Japanese society.
In an article for The Atlantic, Gillian B. White writes about Prof. Peter Temin’s new book, “The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy.” White writes that in his book Temin argues that “following decades of growing inequality, America is now left with what is more or less a two-class system.”
The New York Times' David Leonhardt writes about a study by Prof. Amy Finkelstein showing that as health care premiums rise, low-income families increasingly forgo insurance and use emergency care. Leonhardt explains that emergency care, “tends to be expensive, raising costs for other patients, and it’s often not as good as preventive care.”
Graduate student Carrie Cai speaks with BBC News reporter Gareth Mitchell about a tool named “WaitSuite” that can help users learn a foreign language during idle moments. Cai explains that WaitSuite, “might detect that you are waiting for WiFi and alert you to the fact that there is a word you could be learning.”
Empowering underserved populations will be a guiding focus.
Bell, Bhatia, Cummins, Duflo, Jensen, and Mavalvala honored for research achievements.
Students, faculty, and staff come together at the OneWorld @ MIT Multicultural Festival and Dance Parties.
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