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Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion - MIT - Weather (Feb 28, 2022) |
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Feb 28, 2022 · d="M12.132,61.991a5.519,5.519,0,0,1-5.866,5.753A5.554,5.554,0,0,1,.4,61.854a5.809,5.809,0,0,1,1.816-4.383,6.04,6.04,0,0,1,4.05-1.37C9.9,55.965,12.132,58.43,12.132,61.991Zm-8.939-.137c0,2.328,1.117,3.7,3.073,3.7s3.073-1.37,3.073-3.7-1.117-3.835-3.073-3.835C4.45,58.156,3.193,59.526,3.193,61.854Z" transform="translate(-0.4 -55.965)" fill="#333"/> d="M17.884,67.531l-3.352-5.753-1.257-2.191v7.944H10.9V56.3h2.793l3.212,5.616c.419.822.7,1.37,1.257,2.328V56.3h2.374V67.531Z" transform="translate(3.765 -55.889)" fill="#333"/> ... Read more ...
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Early warning of disease exposure could improve public health responses - MIT - Weather (Mar 19, 2020) |
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Mar 19, 2020 · As the world struggles to address the current coronavirus challenges, it seems clear that investment in technology providing early warning of pathogen exposure would be money and time well spent — before the next threatening pandemic.
As we are currently seeing, when a disease migrates from its point of origin to widespread geographical regions, health organizations struggle not only to treat patients, but also to contain this spread. Hampering containment are the unknowns about any new disease strain — in particular, is it communicable before people exhibit symptoms and, if so, how long before the symptoms arise; how long do sufferers remain infectious; what are the best ... Read more ...
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Staring into the vortex - MIT - Weather (Mar 19, 2020) |
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Mar 19, 2020 · Imagine a massive mug of cold, dense cream with hot coffee poured on top. Now place it on a rotating table. Over time, the fluids will slowly mix into each other, and heat from the coffee will eventually reach the bottom of the mug. But as most of us impatient coffee drinkers know, stirring the layers together is a more efficient way to distribute the heat and enjoy a beverage that's not scalding hot or ice cold. The key is the swirls, or vortices, that formed in the turbulent liquid.
"If you just waited to see whether molecular diffusion did it, it would take forever and you'll never get your coffee and milk together," says Raffaele Ferrari, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of ... Read more ...
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Using "organs-on-a-chip" to model complicated diseases - MIT - Weather (Mar 18, 2020) |
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Mar 18, 2020 · MIT biological engineers have created a multitissue model that lets them study the relationships between different organs and the immune system, on a specialized microfluidic platform seeded with human cells.
"We've shown that now you can start to attack some of these really thorny, chronic inflammatory diseases by designing experiments in these organs on chips," says Linda Griffith, the School of Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation, a professor of biological engineering and mechanical engineering, and the senior author of the study.
"Now we have options to really decrease or increase the level of disease complexity, under controlled and systematic conditions," ... Read more ...
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School of Science announces 2020 Infinite Mile Awards - MIT - Weather (Mar 16, 2020) |
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Mar 16, 2020 · Ten staff members recognized for dedication to School of Science and to MIT.
School of Science March 16, 2020
The MIT School of Science has announced the 2020 winners of the Infinite Mile Award. Selected from a pool of staff members nominated by their colleagues for going above and beyond in their roles within the MIT community, these employees represent some of the most dedicated members to the Institute.
The 2020 Infinite Mile Award winners in the School of Science are:
Margaret Cabral, an administrative assistant in the Department of Biology, nominated by Helene Kelsey;
Rachel Donahue, the director of strategic scientific development for the ... Read more ...
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How the brain encodes landmarks that help us navigate - MIT - Weather (Mar 10, 2020) |
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Mar 10, 2020 · When we move through the streets of our neighborhood, we often use familiar landmarks to help us navigate. And as we think to ourselves, "OK, now make a left at the coffee shop," a part of the brain called the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) lights up.
While many studies have linked this brain region with landmark-based navigation, exactly how it helps us find our way is not well-understood. A new study from MIT neuroscientists now reveals how neurons in the RSC use both visual and spatial information to encode specific landmarks.
"We believe that this code that we found, which is really locked to the landmarks, and also gives the animals a way to discriminate between ... Read more ...
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Why do banking crises occur? - MIT - Weather (Mar 10, 2020) |
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Mar 10, 2020 · Why did the U.S. banking crisis of 2007-2008 occur? Many accounts have chronicled the bad decisions and poor risk management at places like Lehmann Brothers, the now-vanished investment bank. Still, plenty of banks have vanished, and many countries have had their own banking crises in recent decades. So, to pose the question more generally, why do modern banking crises occur?
David Singer believes he knows. An MIT professor and head of the Institute's Department of Political Science, Singer has spent years examining global data on the subject with his colleague Mark Copelovitch, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Together, Singer and ... Read more ...
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2020 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named - MIT - Weather (Mar 09, 2020) |
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Mar 09, 2020 · The Office of the Vice Chancellor and the Registrar's Office have announced this year's Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellows: materials science and engineering Professor Polina Anikeeva, literature Professor Mary Fuller, chemical engineering Professor William Tisdale, and electrical engineering and computer science Professor Jacob White.
Role models both in and out of the classroom, the new fellows have tirelessly sought to improve themselves, their students, and the Institute writ large. They have reimagined curricula, crossed disciplines, and pushed the boundaries of what education can be. They join a matchless academy of scholars committed to exceptional instruction and ... Read more ...
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Events postponed or canceled as MIT responds to COVID-19 - MIT - Weather (Mar 09, 2020) |
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Mar 09, 2020 · MIT schools, departments, labs, centers, and offices have acted swiftly to postpone or cancel large events through May 15 in the wake of the Institute's announcement last week of new policies regarding gatherings likely to attract 150 or more people.
To safeguard against COVID-19, and the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus, many other MIT events have been modified both on campus and elsewhere, with increased opportunities offered for livestreaming.
The guidelines put forth last week have also now been expanded to include some large classes: The Institute will move classes with more than 150 students online, starting this week.
Impacts on classes and student ... Read more ...
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The elephant in the server room - MIT - Weather (Mar 09, 2020) |
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Mar 09, 2020 · The project, founded in 2001, meets a need by patching together data from around the world. Many countries are indifferent to collecting statistics about women's lives. But even where countries try harder to gather data, there are clear challenges to arriving at useful numbers — whether it comes to women's physical security, property rights, and government participation, among many other issues.
For instance: In some countries, violations of women's rights may be reported more regularly than in other places. That means a more responsive legal system may create the appearance of greater problems, when it provides relatively more support for women. The WomanStats Project notes ... Read more ...
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A new model of vision - MIT - Weather (Mar 04, 2020) |
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Mar 04, 2020 · MIT cognitive scientists have developed a computer model of face recognition that performs a series of computations that reverse the steps that a computer graphics program would use to generate a 2D representation of a face.
Image: courtesy of the researchersFull Screen
When we open our eyes, we immediately see our surroundings in great detail. How the brain is able to form these richly detailed representations of the world so quickly is one of the biggest unsolved puzzles in the study of vision.
Scientists ... | By Anne Trafton MIT News Office Read more ...
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Agustín Rayo wins 2020 PROSE Award - MIT - Weather (Mar 04, 2020) |
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Mar 04, 2020 · Full Screen
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced the winners for the 2020 PROSE Awards, which annually recognize the best in professional and scholarly publishing. Among the winners is "On the Brink of Paradox: Highlights from the Intersection of Philosophy and Mathematics" (MIT Press, 2019) by Agustín Rayo, author and professor of philosophy at MIT.
The book won for the textbook/humanities category. In it, Rayo, who is also associate dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, offers an introduction to awe-inspiring issues at the intersection of philosophy and mathematics and explores ideas at the brink of paradox: ... | By MIT Press Read more ...
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Maryann Gong named 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 honoree - MIT - Weather (Feb 04, 2020) |
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Feb 04, 2020 · The first cohort of 22 students from 14 countries share a common ambition: harnessing data to help others.
The 22 students beginning the master's program this week hail from 14 countries around the world, including Brazil, India, Jordan, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, the United States, and Zimbabwe.
The students are pioneers of a new approach to higher education: College degrees and standardized test scores are not required for admission. Instead, applicants prove their readiness through their performance in online MITx MicroMasters courses, completing weekly assignments and taking proctored final exams.
The program's unique admissions process reflects Banerjee, ... | By Ken Johnson Jr DAPER Read more ...
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Researchers discover a new way to control infrared light - MIT - Weather (Jan 30, 2020) |
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Jan 30, 2020 · In the 1950s, the field of electronics began to change when the transistor replaced vacuum tubes in computers. The change, which entailed replacing large and slow components with small and fast ones, was a catalyst for the enduring trend of miniaturization in computer design. No such revolution has yet hit the field of infrared optics, which remains reliant on bulky moving parts that preclude building small systems.
"There are multiple possible ways where this material can enable new photonic devices that impact people's lives," says Hu. "For example, it can be useful for energy-efficient optical switches, which can improve network speed and reduce power consumption of ... | By Anne McGovern | Lincoln Laboratory Read more ...
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An algorithm with an eye for visibility helps pilots in Alaska - MIT - Weather (Jan 06, 2020) |
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Jan 06, 2020 · More than three-quarters of Alaskan communities have no access to highways or roads. In these remote regions, small aircraft are a town's bus, ambulance, and food delivery - the only means of getting people and things in and out.
As routine as daily flight may be, it can be dangerous. These small (or general aviation) aircraft are typically flown visually, by a pilot looking out the cockpit windows. If sudden storms or fog appears, a pilot might not be able to see a runway, nearby aircraft, or rising terrain. In 2018, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported 95 aviation accidents in Alaska, including several fatal crashes that occurred in remote regions where poor ... Read more ...
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Bose grants for 2019 reward bold ideas across disciplines - MIT - Weather (Dec 23, 2019) |
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Dec 23, 2019 · Judith Bose, widow of Amar's son, Vanu '87, SM '94, PhD '99, congratulated the fellows on behalf of the Bose family. "We talk a lot at this event about the power of a great innovative idea, but I think it was a personal mission of Dr. Bose to nurture the ability, in each individual that he met along the way, to follow through - not just to have the great idea but the agency that comes with being able to pursue your idea, follow it through, and actually see where it leads," Bose said. "And Vanu was the same way. That care that was epitomized by Dr. Bose not just in the idea itself, but in the personal investment, agency, and nurturing necessary to bring the idea to life - that care ... Read more ...
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Researchers produce first laser ultrasound images of humans - MIT - Weather (Dec 19, 2019) |
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Dec 19, 2019 · For most people, getting an ultrasound is a relatively easy procedure: As a technician gently presses a probe against a patient's skin, sound waves generated by the probe travel through the skin, bouncing off muscle, fat, and other soft tissues before reflecting back to the probe, which detects and translates the waves into an image of what lies beneath.
Conventional ultrasound doesn't expose patients to harmful radiation as X-ray and CT scanners do, and it's generally noninvasive. But it does require contact with a patient's body, and as such, may be limiting in situations where clinicians might want to image patients who don't tolerate the probe well, such as babies, burn ... Read more ...
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QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2019 - MIT - Weather (Feb 26, 2019) |
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Feb 26, 2019 · MIT has been honored with 11 No. 1 subject rankings in the QS World University Rankings for 2019.
MIT also placed second in six subject areas: Accounting and Finance; Architecture/Built Environment; Biological Sciences; Earth and Marine Sciences; Economics and Econometrics; and Environmental Sciences.
MIT has been ranked as the No. 1 university in the world by QS World University Rankings for seven straight years.
Topics: Rankings, Computer science and technology, Linguistics, Chemical engineering, Civil and environmental engineering, Mechanical engineering, Chemistry, Materials science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, EAPS, Business and management, Accounting, ... Read more ...
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Zeroing in on decarbonization - MIT - Weather (Nov 27, 2015) |
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Nov 27, 2015 · To avoid the most destructive consequences of climate change, the world's electric energy systems must stop producing carbon by 2050. It seems like an overwhelming technological, political, and economic challenge — but not to Nestor Sepulveda.
"My work has shown me that we do have the means to tackle the problem, and we can start now," he says. "I am optimistic."
"Right now, people are at extremes: on the one hand worrying that steps to address climate change might weaken the economy, and on the other advocating a Green New Deal to transform the economy that depends solely on solar, wind, and battery storage," he says. "I think my data-based work can help bridge the gap ... | By Leda Zimmerman Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Read more ...
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