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3Q: Juliana Mitkiewicz on sustainable development and empowering women in developing countries
Former MIT D-Lab visiting graduate student is helping local communities address environmental challenges, improve regional economies, and promote gender equality.
Photonic communication comes to computer chips
Startup’s optoelectronic chips could reduce energy usage by up to 50 percent in data centers while increasing computing speeds.
Determining the timing of methanogen evolution
Scientists conclude methane-producing microbes date back 3.5 billion years, supporting the hypothesis that they could have contributed to early global warming.
Professor Dina Katabi wins Association for Computing Machinery Prize in Computing
Katabi receives prestigious honor and $250,000 cash prize for her contributions to wireless systems.
Institute Professor Emeritus Morris Halle, innovative and influential linguist, dies at 94
Scholar conducted groundbreaking research, helped found MIT’s linguistics program, and inspired generations of students.
Monitor detects dangerously low white blood cell levels
Technology could help prevent life-threatening infections in patients receiving chemotherapy.
Fueling collaborations between MIT faculty and researchers across the globe
MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives grant program awards more than $15 million in 10 years.
Center for Theoretical Physics celebrates 50 years
Symposium explores how novel ideas and experiments are advancing many areas of theoretical physics in newly interconnected ways.
Paper-folding art inspires better bandages
Cutting kirigami-style slits in stretchy films could make for bandages, heat pads, and wearable electronics that adhere to flexible surfaces.
Former Math Olympiad medalist embraces social entrepreneurship
MIT senior Mehmet Efe Akengin aims to innovate for the greater good.
Yuriy Roman: A chemical engineer pursuing renewable energy
MIT professor devises new ways to generate useful chemicals and fuels from renewable resources.
Professor Tom Leighton wins 2018 Marconi Prize
Akamai co-founder honored for pioneering content delivery network services industry.
A low-tech solution for high-impact health care
An interdisciplinary team of MIT students develops a solution to improve medical care for refugees as part of the Vatican’s first-ever hackathon.
In field tests, device harvests water from desert air
MIT-developed system could provide drinking water even in extremely arid locations.