Boomerang universe + vibration vs. Alzheimer’s + All-Americans

Tactile stimulation improved motor performance, reduced phosphorylated tau, preserved neurons and synapses, and reduced DNA damage, a new study shows.

Media Lab PhD students Manuj Dhariwal and Shruti Dhariwal introduce a new paradigm of creative collaboration in digital learning environments.

Mackenzie Bivin becomes the first student-athlete in program history to be named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American, while Jordan Sell is the second Engineer to earn Second Team All-America honors.

Graduate students Ashwin Sah and Mehtaab Sawhney, along with University of Oxford Professor Peter Keevash, have confirmed the existence of special objects called subspace designs. Sah and Sawhney “proved the existence of objects whose existence is not at all obvious,” says Professor David Conlon of Caltech. “They’re producing high-quality research at a rate where I can’t even blink.”

VulcanForms, an MIT startup, is at the “leading edge of a push to transform 3D printing from a niche technology — best known for new-product prototyping and art-class experimentation — into an industrial force.”