Materials with precisely patterned nanoscale structures may yield lightweight yet impact-resistant armor, coatings, and blast shields. “Nanoarchitected materials truly are promising as impact-mitigating materials,” Carlos Portela says.
In a recent online TED Talk, artist and TED Fellow Matthew Mazzotta SM ’09, an alumnus of the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, introduced a new type of public space, custom-fit for communities in need of a shot of hope and wonder.
Ginkgo Bioworks founders Jason Kelly ’03, PhD ’08 and Reshma Shetty PhD ’08 spoke with the Boston Globe about the inspiration for their company. Shetty noted that the Ginkgo Bioworks team is “dedicated to making biology easier to engineer."
As a New York City zookeeper, James Brice helped design environments for terrestrial and aquatic animals. Now an MArch student, he studies the sustainable development of public spaces, working to merge species conservation and architectural design.
In a unique MIT collaboration with the US Special Operations Command, nearly 300 government and military members participated in a new course designed to explore the next generation of artificial intelligence and related technologies.
At the annual Black Alumni/ae of MIT (BAMIT) Black Graduate Celebration of the Class of 2021, the keynote was delivered by Adriane Brown SM ’91, a managing partner at Flying Fish Ventures in Seattle.
Finding the love hormone in a stressed-out world, a new art/science collaboration uses molecular structures as its creative medium.