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June 2024
Issues
- 06/21 - Titan’s wavy seas + remembering Arvind + celebrating the Celtics
- 06/17 - Safer chemo + AI for robots + mental maps + microretailers
- 06/14 - Reimagining creation + preserving DNA + LGBTQ+ in academia
- 06/12 - Materials discovery + Kavli Prize + quantum explained
- 06/10 - Econometrics + black hole origins + alumna in the US Women’s Open
- 06/07 - Work and climate + electron superhighway + mouth-based touchpad
- 06/05 - Treating Parkinson’s + next-gen semiconductors + MIT ranked No. 1 by QS
- 06/03 - MIT Commencement: Honoring the Class of 2024
May 2024
Issues
- 05/31 - MIT Commencement: OneMIT ceremony + Noubar Afeyan + new grads
- 05/30 - OneMIT Commencement + making a better world
- 05/29 - Kicking off Commencement + climate action + policy by social media
- 05/28 - Solar science + stronger metals + new engineering faculty
- 05/24 - Understanding vision + strange metal + ocean health
- 05/23 - Improving implants + black hole spin + environmental justice
- 05/22 - Greener steel + robotic palm + Fulbright Fellows
- 05/21 - Adventurous chemistry + politics and misinformation + AI for physics
- 05/20 - Toxic gas detector + new planet + supporting college prep
- 05/17 - Water decontamination + Killian Award + online misinformation
- 05/16 - Powering EVs + SuperLimbs + new NAS members + Bike Lab
- 05/15 - Detecting lead + fluffy planet + improving AI
- 05/14 - Ancient stars + solar power + App Inventor + aurora over MIT
- 05/13 - Brain bioluminescence + shape-shifting soft bots + sustainable clothes
- 05/10 - Campus update + bacteria and cancer + hair loss treatment
- 05/09 - Earthquake swarms + WMBR + startup tactics + puzzle record
- 05/08 - Whale communication + corporate emissions + becoming an inventor
- 05/07 - Sound-suppressing fabric + generative AI + inclusive design
- 05/06 - Ancient quasars + atomic arrangements + Masisi visits MIT
- 05/03 - Textile memories + ALS risk factors + the importance of downtime
- 05/02 - Long-haul diseases + cybersecurity risks + brain rhythms
- 05/01 - Empathy and analytics + tornado detection + competitive math
April 2024
Issues
- 04/30 - Clean energy 24/7 + visualizing sustainability + remembering Chasity Nunez
- 04/29 - Political statistics + how diseases spread + Lasagna Love
- 04/26 - Ancient magnetism + entanglement achieved + Brave Behind Bars
- 04/25 - Liver discovery + safer chips + climate catalysts
- 04/24 - Evaporation surprise + new space molecule + accelerating “tough tech”
- 04/23 - People-first engineering + airplane noise + aquaculture
- 04/22 - Happy Earth Day from MIT! 🌎
- 04/19 - Arctic thawing + quantum computing + enhanced routing
- 04/18 - “Meronymous” social media + plant sensors + ceramic ingenuity
- 04/17 - Tougher materials + women in STEM + tackling climate change
- 04/16 - Understanding the brain + crossroads for computing + MIT patents
- 04/12 - Women’s health + financial advice from AI + marathon prep
- 04/11 - Immune system map + tackling cancer + detecting radiation
- 04/10 - Safer chatbots + remote work + musical theater at MIT
- 04/09 - Probing black holes + eclipse at MIT + sustainable 3D printing
- 04/08 - Eclipse day is here: What to know, how to watch 🌎🌓🌞
- 04/05 - Eclipse prep + mini mass spectrometer + inviting urban spaces
- 04/04 - Enabling experimentation + neutronic molecules + handling recessions
- 04/03 - Useful proteins + tech vs. employment + life in poetry
- 04/02 - Functional fabrics + new jobs + predicting extreme weather
- 04/01 - New semiconductor materials + safer oil fields + carbon pricing
March 2024
Issues
- 03/29 - Black hole hiccups + large-language models + know your gems 💎
- 03/28 - School quality + breaking down CO2 + accessible data charts
- 03/27 - Artificial reefs + avoiding online returns + space law
- 03/26 - Granular materials + common-sense bots + national swimming champs
- 03/25 - New climate measure + audio deepfakes + composing music at MIT
- 03/22 - Chair design + climate action simulator + better AI images
- 03/21 - Being the change + probing Venus + quantum computing
- 03/20 - Fighting Lyme disease + computer vision + putting happiness first
- 03/19 - New computing materials + clean-energy transition + STEM and the arts
- 03/18 - Livestock and climate + employee well-being + living on Mars
- 03/15 - Combating Alzheimer’s + track and field champ + misjudging salaries
- 03/14 - Pi Day at MIT + polyglot science + safer colonoscopies
- 03/13 - Divine economics + forever chemicals + paths to decarbonization
- 03/12 - Reducing pesticides + why we can speak + future of work
- 03/11 - Treating “chemo brain” + high-tech fashion + acts of kindness + Barbenheimer
- 03/08 - Peripheral vision for AI + new MIT astronauts + Women@MIT
- 03/07 - Black hole explorer + better vaccines + photonic chips
- 03/06 - Space medicine + scaling automation + storing renewable energy
- 03/05 - Music and the brain + fusion + mathematics four-peat + computing history
- 03/04 - Orienting Mars + work overload + preserving Quechua
- 03/01 - Understanding uncertainty + remembering Ed Roberts + signs of dementia
February 2024
Issues
- 02/29 - Colon cancer discovery + carbon credits explained + Leap Day
- 02/28 - Greener steel + quantum internet + financial investing
- 02/27 - Robot traffic + MIT to Malawi + printing solenoids
- 02/26 - Toward efficient computing + adopting AI + space for all
- 02/23 - Food and sustainability + quantifying uncertainty + MLK celebration
- 02/22 - Electron fractions + smart glove + percent-for-art at MIT
- 02/21 - Cutting-edge piano + drug interactions + energy storage
- 02/20 - Tamper-proof ID + boosting chemical reactions + climate journalism
- 02/16 - Communities and clean energy + mapping crops + cancer vaccine
- 02/15 - Balancing the heart + AI in materials science + MLK-inspired art
- 02/14 - MIT love stories + NAE inductees + space Valentine
- 02/13 - Long AI chats + ultrasound sticker + 4D dress
- 02/12 - Heat physics + retirement savings + crashing “Tetris”
- 02/09 - Climate Project at MIT + quantum sensing + football physics
- 02/08 - Safer cell therapy + exciting magnets + 15-minute cities
- 02/07 - Energy transition + history of biotech + AI and education
- 02/06 - Medical bias + AI and entrepreneurship + costs of war
- 02/05 - Improving inference + predicting flood risk + video game orchestra 🎻🎮
- 02/02 - Impact-resistant materials + Commencement speaker + sensor privacy
January 2024
Issues
- 01/31 - Dark matter surprise + MIT.nano boost + drawing for life
- 01/29 - Battery-free sensing + 3D printing metal + sustainable innovation
- 01/26 - Engineering sneakers + Japan earthquake + decarbonizing MIT
- 01/24 - Good jobs + AI vs. pancreatic cancer + remembering Elise O’Hara
- 01/22 - Organic EV battery + charter schools + biocement + getfit
- 01/19 - Nuclear security + brain waves + GEAR Center + EV policy
- 01/17 - Science comics + micropollutants + new MIT Museum director + Tim the Beaver
- 01/12 - Hydrogen-powered motorcycle + quantum computing + MIT Music Building
- 01/10 - Computing for cities + diet and diabetes + fengshui history
- 01/08 - Detecting lung cancer + portable mass spectrometer + AI risks
- 01/05 - Climate action now + anti-obesity capsule + improving animation
- 01/03 - Complex systems + signs of ET life + remembering Paul Parravano
- 01/02 - Looking back on 2023 at MIT + remembering Robert Solow