3 Questions: What to expect from respiratory illnesses, including Covid-19, this winter
MIT Medical Director Cecilia Stuopis says that while this is a time to be more vigilant, people should not panic.
MIT Medical Director Cecilia Stuopis says that while this is a time to be more vigilant, people should not panic.
MIT Visiting Scholar Alfred Spector discusses the power of data science and visualization, as well as his new textbook on the subject.
The 2022 honorees received their prizes, and the 2020 and 2021 winners were also honored at the first full ceremony since the start of the pandemic.
James Rice discusses supply chain resilience and how organizations can prepare for the next big problem.
Scientists hypothesize that, as in a hibernating turtle, the brain under sedation and deprived of oxygen may assume a protective state.
A new study links very dry and very humid indoor environments with worse Covid-19 outcomes.
The system measures biological and environmental changes, and detects contact between the mask and the wearer’s skin.
New research, set in China, suggests that using masks for health reasons also leads people to behave more ethically.
Inspired by jellyfish and octopuses, PhD candidate Juncal Arbelaiz investigates the theoretical underpinnings that will enable systems to more efficiently adapt to their environments.
Test that measures a person’s antibodies requires a drop of blood and takes just 10 minutes to show results.
At MIT, social networks with “weak ties,” which help foster new ideas, declined during the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers report.
Developed by the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, the assay can provide new details about the type of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in a community.
Design from the Swager Lab uses electronic polymers, rather than colored lines, to indicate a positive response, enabling quantitative monitoring of biomarkers.
The MIT researcher and former professor discusses how Covid-19 and the influx of virtual technologies created a new medical ecosystem that needs more synchronized oversight.
The paper test measures the level of neutralizing antibodies in a blood sample and could help people decide what protections they should take against infection.