Via @MITnews on Facebook: “Staff at one of MIT’s childcare centers dressed up in tutus for this unique Twosday — 2/22/22.”

“Chronic pain is a major societal issue,” Fan Wang says. “As scientists, it’s our duty to tackle this problem.” Her studies of how the brain controls pain may one day lead to new treatments that could help millions of people.

Neuroscientists have learned how dendrites may help neurons perform complicated calculations: Different types of these branch-like projections process incoming information in different ways before sending it to the body of the neuron.

Safi Organics uses local crop residue to make organic fertilizer for rural farmers in Kenya. The company, founded by Kevin Kung SM '13, PhD '17, is helping increase crop yields and reverse acidification in soils that have been degraded by synthetic fertilizers.

“Despite the many ways we have been marginalized … Muslim and Middle Eastern filmmakers will continue to tell our stories — stories where our humanity is assumed, not a subject of debate,” Assia Boundaoui writes in the Los Angeles Times.

​​Novel communications infrastructure from the MIT Civic Design Initiative aims to support communities on the front lines of the climate crisis.