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    17 hours ago

    “Prime editing,” a new genome-editing tool, created by / combines two key proteins and a new to make targeted insertions, deletions, and all possible single-letter changes in the of human cells. Learn how it works:

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    17 hours ago

    Our project maps the Green Canopy in cities around the world. Treepedia aims to raise a proactive awareness of urban vegetation improvement, using computer vision techniques based on Google Street View images.

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    17 hours ago

    “Effective teams are not designed with the idea that they should fail fast. They are most successful if they are designed to hypothesize, question, and learn.”

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  4. 17 hours ago

    “Ethical decisions are indeed hard, and AI will increasingly raise these dilemmas,” writes Professor Stuart Madnick. “The dialogue on these matters must be started nows.” via

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  5. 18 hours ago

    MIT’s North Court is now named after Susan Hockfield, MIT’s 16th president.

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  6. 19 hours ago

    For Kavya Manyapu SM ’10 and Celena Dopart SM ’14, Starliner’s Crew Is top priority. “We’re all on the edge of our seats waiting to launch,” Dopart says.

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  7. 20 hours ago

    MIT alumna addresses the world’s mounting plastic waste problem Renewlogy’s system is converting plastic waste from cities and rivers into fuel.

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  8. Oct 21

    Sangeeta Bhatia and Paula Hammond, both of whom have spent most of their careers at MIT, are now the only two women of color to belong to all three of the National Academies.

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  9. Oct 21

    Two from MIT elected to the for 2019: Sangeeta Bhatia and Richard Young recognized for their contributions to “advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health.” Congratulations!

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    Oct 21

    Happy Fall! Try to enjoy some fresh air and the amazing leaves between classes this week. Image: Janine Sazinsky

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  11. Oct 21

    Professor of the practice Zeynep Ton is focused on improving the quality of jobs, particularly for low-wage workers. via @FastCompnay

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  12. Oct 21

    Congratulations to the MIT men's heavyweight collegiate 8+ and women's lightweight 4+ for medaling this weekend at the Head of the Charles. Well done! 🚣🏼‍♂️🚣🏽‍♀️🥇🥈 Photos:

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  13. Oct 21

    Giving robots a faster grasp: An algorithm speeds up the planning process robots use to adjust their grip on objects, for picking and sorting, or tool use.

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  14. Oct 21

    Paul Blainey seeks “opportunities to develop technology that would fill crucial gaps in the life science research portfolio.” One example: His group created a microfluidics platform for screening drugs that also found many other applications.

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  15. Oct 21

    500 years after Leonardo da Vinci’s death, the design for what would have been the world’s longest bridge span of its time intrigued researchers at MIT, who wondered how thought-through Leonardo’s concept was and whether it really would have worked.

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  16. Oct 20

    An event marking MIT Society of Women Engineers's 40th anniversary served as an evening for students to network and meet with former MIT SWE alumni and corporate sponsors.

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  17. Oct 19

    $850,000 grant from Arcadia will allow exploration of alternatives to the traditional market-based business model for professional and scholarly monographs.

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  18. Oct 18

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    . and completed the first today at 2:55pm ET successfully replacing a failed power controller with a spare that is now activated and charging a new lithium-ion battery. Read more...
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    Oct 18

    Featured on 's Fall Preview, Meelena Turkel MArch ’08 and Joel Turkel MArch ’99 of have created the fossil-fuel-free house of their dreams. See how they did it

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    Oct 18

    Congratulations to team ecoTrio, which was this year's MADMEC first place winner! Congrats as well to PETTIGREW and RadioStar, which came in second and third. Image: James Hunter

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