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Nuno Loureiro, professor and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, dies at 47 In his 10 years at MIT, Loureiro helped illuminate the physics occurring at the center of fusion vacuum chambers and at the edges of the universe. Read full story →
How cement “breathes in” and stores millions of tons of CO₂ a year New analysis provides the first national, bottom-up estimate of cement’s natural carbon dioxide uptake across buildings and infrastructure. Read full story →
Introducing the Minerals Stewardship Consortium at MIT The consortium convenes industry, academia, and policy leaders to navigate competing demands and reimagine materials supply. Read full story →
A new immunotherapy approach could work for many types of cancer Using new molecules that block an immune checkpoint, researchers showed they could stimulate a strong anti-tumor immune response. Read full story →
“Robot, make me a chair” An AI-driven system lets users design and build simple, multicomponent objects by describing them with words. Read full story →
3 Questions: Using computation to study the world’s best single-celled chemists Assistant Professor Yunha Hwang utilizes microbial genomes to examine the language of biology. Her appointment reflects MIT’s commitment to exploring the intersection of genetics research and AI. Read full story →
