LIGO and Virgo detect rare mergers of black holes with neutron stars for the first time
In a 3Q, Salvatore Vitale describes how gravitational-wave signals suggest black holes completely devoured their companion neutron stars.
3Q: Why “nuclear batteries” offer a new approach to carbon-free energy
Jacopo Buongiorno and others say factory-built microreactors trucked to usage sites could be a safe, efficient option for decarbonizing electricity systems.
Q&A: Meditation for Chinese language learners
MIT Global Languages lecturers Panpan Gao and Kang Zhou discuss their meditation videos tailored for Chinese language learners.
3Q: The socio-environmental complexities of renewable energy
HASTS PhD student Caroline White-Nockleby aims to advance climate justice by minimizing localized burdens of renewable energy implementation.
3 Questions: Nadia Christidi on the arts and the future of water
The PhD student focuses on three cities and the role of the arts in helping planning institutions to imagine and plan for possible futures.
3 Questions: Sheena Vasquez and Mandana Sassanfar on building an outreach initiative from scratch
Graduate student and outreach director discuss efforts by the Department of Biology’s faculty, students, and staff to engage local community college students in scientific research.
Q&A: Vivienne Sze on crossing the hardware-software divide for efficient artificial intelligence
Her research focuses on more-efficient deep neural networks to process video, and more-efficient hardware to run applications.
3 Questions: Deborah Liverman on helping students overcome career uncertainty
As students face career disruptions, MIT Career Advising and Professional Development provides support with new resources and long-distance advising.
A better nasal swab for Covid-19 testing
MIT spinout OPT Industries uses novel additive manufacturing systems to create intricately-designed products.
3 Questions: Emma Teng on anti-Asian American violence in the US
MIT historian, and scholar of assimilation and exclusion, surveys the deeper history behind the current crisis.
3 Questions: Defining the Institute’s values
Daniel Hastings and Tracy Gabridge share their experiences as co-chairs of MIT’s Values Statement Committee.
3 Questions: Artificial intelligence for health care equity
Regina Barzilay, Fotini Christia, and Collin Stultz describe how artificial intelligence and machine learning can support fairness, personalization, and inclusiveness in health care.
3 Questions: Richard Samuels on Japan’s 3.11 triple disaster and its impact 10 years later
Within minutes, the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown on March 11, 2011, brought an unprecedented wave of death, displacement, and destruction to Japan.
3 Questions: Vaccines and the power of positive reinforcement
Experts say people are more willing to get the Covid-19 vaccine when told how popular it is.
3 Questions: Claude Grunitzky MBA '12 on launching TRUE Africa University
CIS research affiliate describes his goals in creating a webinar series exploring sustainable development in Africa.