Qubit foundry + Earth’s hottest days + Taylor Swift and mass transit

The disorganized arrangement of the proteins in light-harvesting complexes is the key to their extreme efficiency.

PhD student Will Sussman studies wireless networks while fostering community networks.

Professor Fotini Christia, director of the MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center and chair of the International Advisory Committee, reflects on the committee’s work.

A longtime beloved MIT faculty member, Thornton was an adventurer who advocated exploration in all aspects of life.

Sergey Paltsev, deputy director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, discusses the pressing need for action to address climate change, following the Earth’s hottest days on record. Paltsev emphasized that he hopes the record-shattering heat will motivate policymakers and the general public to take action to prevent extreme climate events in the future.

Jim Aloisi, a lecturer in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, discusses how Taylor Swift’s sold-out Eras Tour is impacting public transportation across the United States. “What Taylor Swift is doing, and I thank her for this — although I don’t know she intended to — is proving that if you give people better, reliable transit alternatives, they’ll take it,” says Aloisi. “They would prefer to do that than be stuck in soul-crushing traffic.”