- Two MIT teams selected for NSF sustainable materials grantsChosen from 16 finalist teams, the MIT-led projects will investigate quantum topological materials and sustainable microchip production.
- Study demonstrates efficacy of MIT-led Brave Behind Bars programProgramming course for incarcerated people boosts digital literacy and self-efficacy, highlighting potential for reduced recidivism.
- MIT announces 2024 Bose GrantsThe grants fund studies of clean hydrogen production, fetal health-sensing fabric, basalt architecture, and shark-based ocean monitoring.
- Circadian rhythms can influence drugs’ effectivenessMIT researchers find circadian variations in liver function play an important role in how drugs are broken down in the body.
- Ian Waitz named vice president for researchThe former vice chancellor for undergraduate and graduate education will leverage more than 30 years of experience at the Institute to oversee MIT’s research activities.
- MIT scientists tune the entanglement structure in an array of qubitsThe advance offers a way to characterize a fundamental resource needed for quantum computing.
- A closed-loop drug-delivery system could improve chemotherapyNew CLAUDIA system could continuously monitor patients during an infusion and adjust dosage to maintain optimal drug levels.
- Geologists discover rocks with the oldest evidence yet of Earth’s magnetic fieldThe 3.7 billion-year-old rocks may extend the magnetic field’s age by 200 million years.
- Mapping the brain pathways of visual memorabilityFor the first time, researchers use a combination of MEG and fMRI to map the spatio-temporal human brain dynamics of a visual image being recognized.
- How light can vaporize water without the need for heatSurprising “photomolecular effect” discovered by MIT researchers could affect calculations of climate change and may lead to improved desalination and drying processes.
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