Making data-informed Covid-19 testing plans A new web-friendly modeling tool helps organizations build tailored Covid-19 testing strategies that can save money and reduce coronavirus spread. December 15, 2020 Read full story →
MISTI shifts to fully remote global internships and cultural experiences amid pandemic MIT students Robert Koirala and Grace Smith intern for a nonprofit promoting educational and health equity in India. December 11, 2020 Read full story →
MISTI pilots conversations in energy The MISTI Career Conversations: Energy program serves as an innovative pivot from international internships to a virtual seminar series. December 8, 2020 Read full story →
Saurabh Amin: Striving to make our infrastructure safer The systems engineer focuses on making transportation, electricity, and water infrastructure more resilient against disruptions. December 6, 2020 Read full story →
Illustrating Covid-19 hygiene best practices Jasmine Florentine ’11, SM ’15 combines engineering and art to illustrate educational posters related to Covid-19. December 3, 2020 Read full story →
Faculty seed projects grow into pandemic research opportunities MISTI Global Seed Funds are open for proposals after Covid pivot. November 23, 2020 Read full story →
Powering through the coming energy transition Carbon capture and storage are key to achieving climate goals. November 18, 2020 Read full story →
System can sterilize medical tools using solar heat Device could provide pressurized steam to run autoclaves without the need for electricity in off-grid areas. November 18, 2020 Read full story →
Innovative face masks and medical-grade gowns to combat Covid-19 and future pandemics Three most promising PPE solutions selected by expert judges on MIT Pandemic Response CoLab. November 9, 2020 Read full story →
A new world of warcraft Political scientist Erik Lin-Greenberg explores how a burgeoning high-tech arsenal is shaping military conflict. November 3, 2020 Read full story →
Democracy in distress? Experts analyze a global trend: democratic governments that collapse from within while maintaining a veneer of legitimacy. October 30, 2020 Read full story →
How a worm may yield insights into the gut-brain relationship Gurrein Madan, brain and cognitive sciences graduate student and MathWorks Fellow, studies gut–brain signaling with implications for human health. October 27, 2020 Read full story →
Yogesh Surendranath wants to decarbonize our energy systems By developing novel electrochemical reactions, he hopes to find new ways to generate energy and reduce greenhouse gases. October 23, 2020 Read full story →
Designing off-grid refrigeration technologies for crop storage in Kenya A team of MIT researchers is using the thermodynamic properties of water evaporation to bring off-grid cold storage of produce to remote, arid regions. October 16, 2020 Read full story →
MIT Full STEAM Ahead offers scalable, hands-on remote learning for K-12 Website created in response to Covid-19 yields unexpected insights into what’s possible for reaching learners at a distance. October 15, 2020 Read full story →