“These atoms are flowing, free of friction, for hundreds of microns,” says Richard Fletcher, whose team has viewed atoms in an exotic state. “To flow that long, without any scattering, is a type of physics you don’t normally see in ultracold atom systems.”

Via @mistiatmit on Instagram: “Say hello to the study abroad exchange students from Imperial College London, Sciences Po, ETH Zurich, Oxford University, UTokyo, and TokyoTech who were on a scavenger hunt last week around Boston!”

Saeed Miganeh’s work is helping answer important questions about designing effective programs for poverty mitigation and economic growth in African countries. “Africa is the new battleground for fighting global poverty in the 21st century,” he says.

A new filtration material could provide a nature-based solution to water contamination by PFAS, or “forever chemicals.” Based on natural silk and cellulose, the material can remove a wide variety of these chemicals as well as heavy metals.

The Boston Globe reported that Rollerama, a pop-up roller skating rink at Kendall Common, has become a “corner of liveliness” this summer, providing the public with free fun and art in the form of a new mural by Massiel Grullon.

“I had a lot of opportunities presented to me that made me ask, ‘Why me?’” says biology PhD student Oscar Molina, a first-generation college graduate. “I recognize that they were super valuable, and that’s why I should deliver that back to other people.”