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MIT News is dedicated to bringing news from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to the world. We cover research, innovation, teaching, entrepreneurship, and the Institute’s distinctive and quirky culture. We find ourselves educated and amazed by our community of hands-on problem-solvers who are eager to know how things work — and inspired to make them work better. We hope you are amazed, too.

  1. Curiosity Unbounded, Ep 2: Bureaucracies, dictatorships, and the power of Africa's people — Mai Hassan

    08/05/2023

    Curiosity Unbounded, Ep 2: Bureaucracies, dictatorships, and the power of Africa's people — Mai Hassan

    In this episode, MIT President Sally Kornbluth sits down with associate professor of political science and faculty co-director of MIT-Africa, Mai Hassan. Her work looks at bureaucracy, public administration, and the state in Africa, and more recently, how people mobilize against repressive dictatorships.Show notes and transcript:https://news.mit.edu/podcast/bureaucracies-dictatorships-and-power-africas-people-mai-hassan (https://news.mit.edu/podcast/bureaucracies-dictatorships-and-power-africas-people-mai-hassan)The Curiosity Unbounded (https://news.mit.edu/podcasts/curiosity-unbounded) podcast brings you behind the scenes at MIT through conversations between MIT President Sally Kornbluth and the people working in its labs and in the field. Along the way, Sally and her guests discuss pressing issues, as well as what inspires the people running at the world’s toughest challenges at one of the most innovative institutions on the planet.

    33 min
  2. Curiosity Unbounded, Ep 1: How a free-range kid from Maine is helping green-up industrial practices — Desirée Plata

    19/04/2023

    Curiosity Unbounded, Ep 1: How a free-range kid from Maine is helping green-up industrial practices — Desirée Plata

    In this episode, MIT President Sally Kornbluth sits down with newly tenured associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Desirée Plata. Her work focuses on making industrial processes more environmentally friendly, and removing methane (a key factor in global warming) from the air.Show notes and transcript:https://news.mit.edu/podcast/how-free-range-kid-maine-helping-green-industrial-practices-desiree-plata (https://news.mit.edu/podcast/how-free-range-kid-maine-helping-green-industrial-practices-desiree-plata)The Curiosity Unbounded (https://news.mit.edu/podcasts/curiosity-unbounded) podcast brings you behind the scenes at MIT through conversations between MIT President Sally Kornbluth and the people working in its labs and in the field. Along the way, Sally and her guests discuss pressing issues, as well as what inspires the people running at the world’s toughest challenges at one of the most innovative institutions on the planet.

    22 min
  3. Audio Article: Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere

    27/03/2023

    Audio Article: Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere

    MIT researchers have made an open-source version of the “City Scanner” mobile pollution detector that lets people check air quality anywhere, cheaply. Pictured are some examples of the latest version of the device, called Flatburn, as well as a researcher attaching a prototype to a car. Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2023/low-cost-device-can-measure-air-pollution-anywhere-0316

    6 min
  4. Audio Article: Minimizing electric vehicles’ impact on the grid

    23/03/2023

    Audio Article: Minimizing electric vehicles’ impact on the grid

    In a new study, MIT researchers have developed strategies for beneficial electric vehicle charging to reduce peak electricity demand and store solar energy. Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2023/minimizing-electric-vehicles-impact-grid-0315

    7 min
  5. Audio Article: How to push, wiggle, or drill an object through granular material

    30/01/2023

    Audio Article: How to push, wiggle, or drill an object through granular material

    Predicting what it takes to push through sand, gravel, or other soft media can help engineers drive a rover over Martian soil, anchor a ship in rough seas, and walk a robot through sand and mud. But modeling the forces involved in such processes is a huge computational challenge that often takes days to weeks to solve. Now, engineers at MIT and Georgia Tech have found a faster and simpler way to model intrusion through any soft, flowable material. Their new method quickly maps the forces it would take to push, wiggle, and drill an object through granular material in real-time. The method can apply to objects and grains of any size and shape, and does not require complex computational tools as other methods do. Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2023/soft-push-granular-intrusion-0119

    7 min
  6. Audio Article: A new method boosts wind farms’ energy output, without new equipment

    19/08/2022

    Audio Article: A new method boosts wind farms’ energy output, without new equipment

    By modeling the conditions of an entire wind farm rather than individual turbines, engineers can squeeze more power out of existing installations. Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2022/wind-farm-optimization-energy-flow-0811

    9 min
  7. Audio Article: Startup lets doctors classify skin conditions with the snap of a picture

    11/07/2022

    Audio Article: Startup lets doctors classify skin conditions with the snap of a picture

    Piction Health, a startup founded by Susan Conover SM '15, lets doctors classify skin conditions with the snap of a picture. Their app uses machine learning to help physicians identify and manage skin diseases. Read the article on MIT News: https://news.mit.edu/2022/piction-health-skin-app-0706

    7 min
  8. Audio Article: Keeping web-browsing data safe from hackers

    22/06/2022

    Audio Article: Keeping web-browsing data safe from hackers

    Studying a powerful type of cyberattack, researchers identified a flaw in how it’s been analyzed before, then developed new techniques that stop it in its tracks. Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2022/side-channel-attacks-detection-0609

    8 min
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