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As Earth’s temperature rises, agricultural practices will need to adapt. MIT researchers are taking on the challenge from a variety of angles, from engineering plants that sound an alarm under stress to making seeds more resilient to drought.
Michael John Gorman of the MIT Museum spoke with the Boston Globe on how science museums can help facilitate the “pleasure of finding things out.” Gorman added that museums “can give people that spark, that hunger to learn and to dive in deeper.”
Researchers used a quantum computer to emulate how electrons move between atoms within an electromagnetic field. The approach could help uncover materials for faster or more powerful electronics. “We are in a very exciting place for the future,” Ilan Rosen says.
For the past 14 years, MIT Linguistics has celebrated Halloween with a pumpkin-carving party. Back in 2010, Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine PhD ’14 dazzled his colleagues with this Stata-o’-lantern, created in the likeness of MIT’s iconic Building 32.
With a new mapping method, scientists observed millions of capelin fish shoaling off the Norwegian coast. A vast swarm of cod devoured the capelin, in the largest predation event yet recorded. The team plans to monitor vulnerable marine species with their technique.
Organized by the MIT Museum, the 2024 Cambridge Science Festival was the largest ever, with over 50,000 visitors at 300 events focused on brains, fashion, alien life, and more.
Artists are often called to a particular medium, and “metal has always been my home,” says metals artist in residence and technical instructor Rhea Vedro. Her students learn soldering, casting, and etching, and explore metalsmithing through a cultural lens.