Spotlight: Jun 18, 2024
Professor and physician Collin Stultz wants to help heart patients everywhere by applying machine-learning techniques to cardiovascular medicine. The goal: “more equitable and fairer care for everyone,” he says.
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INNOVATION
Leuko, founded by a research team at MIT, is giving doctors a noninvasive way to monitor cancer patients’ immune health during chemotherapy. Rather than drawing blood, the device uses light to look through the skin at the top of the fingernail.
ARTS
Multimedia artist Jackson 2bears, an artist in residence at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology, has created a new immersive experience reimagining the Haudenosaunee creation story. “It really was a project made in community,” he says.
#THISISMIT
Via @mitathletics on Instagram: “For the ninth straight season the Engineers have won the NEWMAC President’s Cup! MIT won seven conference championships and two regular season titles!”
RESEARCH
The brain uses the same representations to navigate through space physically or mentally, neuroscientists report. “These cognitive maps are being recruited to perform mental navigation, without any sensory input or motor output,” says Mehrdad Jazayeri.
RESEARCH
A new computer vision technique speeds up the characterization of newly synthesized electronic materials. From solar cells to LEDs, the potential applications “span the full gamut of where semiconductor materials can benefit society,” Aleks Siemenn says.
AWARDS
MIT professors Nancy Kanwisher, Robert Langer, and Sara Seager have won 2024 Kavli Prizes in neuroscience, nanoscience, and astrophysics, respectively.