| | Ocean acidification threatens shellfish in Maine; MIT scientists are helping by working with fisheries to pull CO2 from seawater using electrodes. “Without science, we don’t have a prayer of continuing this industry,” oyster farmer Bill Mook says. |
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How to use AI to plan your retirement |
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| Professor Andrew Lo says Al is good at explaining trade-offs and exploring scenarios but weak at precise tax optimization, math, and regulatory compliance. |
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3 Questions: A running shoe that adapts to the runner |
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| Associate Professor Skylar Tibbits discusses a new technology that uses granular convection to deliver individualized performance. |
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| SNIPE, a newly characterized biological defense system, protects bacteria by chopping up invading viral DNA. |
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Multitasking quantum sensors can measure several properties at once |
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| The devices represent a key step toward practical quantum sensing, with applications in biomedical sensing, materials characterization, and more. |
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| Saxophonist Miguel Zenón, a Grammy-winning MIT faculty member, creates a distinctive blend of jazz and traditional Puerto Rican music. |
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| MIT senior, master’s candidate, and airman Brian Robinson lives and works at the intersection of aviation, politics, and technology. |
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The boomers are turning 80. Now they want to change old age. // The Wall Street Journal |
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| AgeLab Director Joseph Coughlin discusses how members of the baby boomer generation are shaping and transforming the future of aging. |
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A new app estimates more accurate travel times // Boston 25 |
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| MIT researchers are developing a traffic navigation system that more accurately reflects travel time by including parking data. |
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What Artemis II means for space travel // CBS Boston |
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| Professor Richard Binzel shares his enthusiasm and insights following the successful completion of the Artemis II mission. |
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Listen: How to engineer the ultimate marathon run // GBH Curiosity Desk |
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| Professor Anette “Peko” Hosoi and Andy Harland of Loughborough University chat about how runners can optimize their marathon performance. |
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| | The Day of Climate at MIT is an observance that challenges us to lead with purpose, embrace science, and stand together in transforming bold ideas into real solutions for climate and sustainability. This video from the Day of Climate 2025 provides highlights from the inaugural event, featuring speakers including Boston Celtics star and former Media Lab Director’s Fellow Jaylen Brown. |
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| We will take a set of impressive raw materials at MIT and create a real jewel. |
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| —Tyler Jacks, the David H. Koch Professor of Biology and Daniel K. Ludwig Scholar, on the promise of the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS) Presidential Strategic Initiative |
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| | The “smoot” is a unit of measurement equal to 5 feet, 7 inches — the height of Oliver Smoot ’62 during his undergraduate days at MIT. The Massachusetts Ave. bridge is marked by the measurement, with a span of 364.4 smoots. As we prepare for Monday’s Boston Marathon, enjoy a photo of the 262-smoot line, with a decimal point added to note the length of the marathon in miles. |
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