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” Fortunately, MIT’s Task Force 2021 and Beyond—a group of faculty, staff, and students from across the Institute—has spent the last year doing more than dreaming about this question.With thei

But a surgical technique developed by MIT researchers appears to leave amputees with both greater control and less pain than people who have had conventional amputations.The researchers have also deve

Emerson Yearwood, who has spent most of his career as an attorney in the communications sector, is dedicated to supporting students of color at MIT through his giving and volunteerism.His current foc

Growing up in Chile, where her family owned a minimarket, Rocio Fonseca, SM ’14, was taught to expect a life limited by her family’s social class.Coming from a nontraditional background has allow

And for cities, especially US cities, competing with other cities for private investment sets off a race to the bottom in which public agencies vie to win new technologies that don’t work well with

More evidence surfaced this week that shows that forests are struggling to do humans’ dirty work when it comes to climate change.California might have oversold the success of carbon offsets used in

Nicanor Austriaco passed along speculation that the HEK-293 cell line may have been developed using tissue from a miscarriage.This cell line is in the news because it has played a role in the developm

It’s a tall order, but one that Zapf says artificial intelligence (AI) technology can support by capturing the right data and guiding engineers through product design and development.“AI is a prom

Navy Petty Officers 2nd Class Brandon Gibson and 3rd Class Isais Zepeda keep watch aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry during routine operations in the East China Sea, April 24, 2021.S.Navy

MIT researchers have developed a robot that can detect and grab objects that are hidden behind walls or pieces of clutter.The system, called RF-Grasp, uses radio waves to locate items beyond the line