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Addressing Pollution: Cleaning up one of the World’s Most Commonly Used Substances
This past July, in the dusty basement of a building in Seattle, Washington, about 60 tons of concrete were poured as part of the renovation of a historic building. To an outsider, it looked like just another job site. Even to the workers…
Potential Breakthrough: Targeting Coronavirus Ion Channel Offers Promise for New COVID-19 Drugs
The genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus encodes 29 proteins, one of which is an ion channel called E. This channel, which transports protons and calcium ions, induces infected cells to launch an inflammatory response that damages tissues and…
Discovery of Thousands of Programmable DNA-Cutters in Algae, Snails, and More Organisms
A diverse set of species, from snails to algae to amoebas, make programmable DNA-cutting enzymes called Fanzors — and a new study from scientists at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research has identified thousands of them. Fanzors are…
MIT’s Jesse Kroll Honored for Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentoring
The MIT Postdoctoral Association (PDA) has dedicated its second annual Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring to Jesse Kroll. Professor of civil and environmental engineering, professor of chemical engineering, and director of the…
MIT’s Sustainable Approach: Used Books Empower Public Service Initiatives
On a hot September day, members of the MIT community and neighbors in Cambridge, Massachusetts, marked the beginning of the academic year by attending a used book sale in the Kendall/MIT Open Space. Selections ranged from children’s books…
MIT’s Innovative Design Could Unlock 40% of Solar Heat for Clean Hydrogen Fuel Production
MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors that is driven solely by the sun.
In a study appearing today in Solar Energy Journal, the engineers lay out the conceptual…
New Research Reveals: Deep Neural Networks Perceive the World Differently from Humans
Human sensory systems are very good at recognizing objects that we see or words that we hear, even if the object is upside down or the word is spoken by a voice we’ve never heard.Computational models known as deep neural networks can be!-->…
NASA Seeks Students to Imagine Nuclear-Powered Space Missions
The third Power to Explore Student Challenge from NASA is underway. The writing challenge invites K-12 students in the United States to learn about radioisotope power systems, a type of nuclear battery integral to many of NASA’s…
NASA Glenn Attracts Students to Manufacturing Careers
There are currently more than 600,000 openings for manufacturing jobs in the United States, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Labor. That number could rise to about 2.1 million vacancies or open jobs by the year…
Bulgaria Signs Artemis Accords at NASA Headquarters; Joins 31 Nations
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated in a signing ceremony Thursday with Bulgaria’s Milena Stoycheva, minister of innovation and growth, as her country became the 32nd nation to sign the Artemis Accords.
The Artemis Accords…