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MIT aerospace engineers designed a 1-megawatt electrical motor that is a stepping stone toward electrifying the largest aircraft. “Heavy stuff doesn’t go on airplanes,” says Professor Zoltan Spakovszky. “So, we’ve got to come up with very small, lightweight, and very powerful electric motors.” |
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40 Hz vibrations reduce Alzheimer’s pathology and symptoms in mouse models
Tactile stimulation improved motor performance, reduced phosphorylated tau, preserved neurons and synapses, and reduced DNA damage, a new study shows.
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Reaffirming MIT’s commitment to diversity
President Sally Kornbluth and Dean of Admissions and Student Financial Services Stu Schmill share their thoughts on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decisions that may affect college admissions.
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Men’s track and field captures 2023 outdoor national title
The team earned its first-ever NCAA National Championship as well as nine USTFCCCA All-American honors.
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Life in a hologram
Physicist Daniel Harlow explores an alternate quantum reality in search of fundamental truths to our physical universe.
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Spotlight on Class of 2023 “bilinguals”
Meet 44 of the many graduating seniors who focused deeply on both liberal arts and STEM fields at MIT, each reflecting on the value of their multi-dimensional education — and their plans for the future.
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He made linear algebra fun
A series of numbers describes the career of Professor Gil Strang as he retires from MIT after six highly influential decades on the faculty.
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The most interesting startup in America is in Massachusetts. You’ve probably never heard of it. // The Boston Globe
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.”
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Mathematicians find hidden structure in a common type of space // Quanta Magazine
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.
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MIT hackathon tackles racial wealth gap // The Bay State Banner
MIT students and community leaders recently gathered for “Hacking the Archive,” a hackathon aimed at addressing the wealth gap between Black and white residents of Boston, with a particular focus on housing as a generator of wealth.
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Hey, Alexa, what should students learn about AI? // The New York Times
The Day of AI is a program developed by the MIT RAISE initiative aimed at introducing and teaching K-12 students about AI.
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They’re building an “ice penetrator” on a hillside in Westford // The Boston Globe
Researchers from MIT’s Haystack Observatory have built an “ice penetrator,” a device designed to monitor the conditions of sea ice and send back data via satellite “to help scientists study how the ice is changing and how it is behaving in current conditions.”
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After this past weekend’s college reunion, I returned home to California inspired and rejuvenated. I fell in love with my alma mater all over again. I realized that much of my passion and living at the intersection of art and science was seeded since my early years at MIT.
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—Christine Ying ’93, in an essay on how her time at MIT instilled a love of learning and encouraged her curiosity
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Hydrogen gas acts like a fossil fuel, but with no carbon emissions. Is it the silver bullet we’ve been waiting for? In this episode of TILclimate, Laur Hesse Fisher of the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative speaks with Svetlana Ikonnikova of the Technical University of Munich, who brings light to how hydrogen works and its potential in the energy transition.
Listen to the episode→ |
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Name: Tomo Kumon
Affiliation: Postdoc in the Whitehead Institute
What do you investigate? I study satellite DNA, which is a type of repetitive DNA or DNA that contains many repeated copies of the same short sequence of nucleotides or genetic bases. … When I started my PhD, I wasn’t that interested in repetitive DNA, but over time I got more interested in this field because it asks the fundamental question of how the genome or chromosomes evolve.
What did you want to be when you were a kid? A scientist. I was interested in nature and animals, and so studying science was my dream.
What’s your favorite memory at Whitehead Institute? I designed a logo for the lab, and we made a fleece with that logo that people in the lab wear. The logo is a crest, like the crests that universities have, but full of things related to [MIT Professor Yukiko Yamashita’s] lab.
Drawing seems to be a big passion of yours. How did you get started? I have liked drawing since I was a kid, and I always liked drawing cartoons of animals. I started drawing mice during my PhD program … and when I told a friend what I was doing, they said I should share my art on social media.
Full interview via Whitehead Institute→ |
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