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The Top Skills Engineers Will Need to Succeed in the Automation Era - EIT

Oct 8, 2021

Think analytically and creatively to solve complex problemsAn engineering project is a complex combination of numerous problems in various fields. The innovation has then become an important gateway for future...

New “risk triage” platform pinpoints compounding threats to US infrastructure

Oct 8, 2021

MSD homes in on compounding risks and potential tipping points across interconnected natural and human systems. In a two-hour webinar on Sept. 15, MIT Joint Program researchers presented an overview...

MIT Sloan and Bayer team up to cultivate digital intrapreneurship capability

Oct 7, 2021

MIT Sloan Executive Education embraces groups that view lifetime learning by their employees as a strategic investment and a source of competitive advantage. One such collaboration involved Bayer AG, which...

Hospital system says it will deny transplants to the unvaccinated in ‘almost all situations’

Oct 6, 2021

UCHealth’s rules for transplants entered the spotlight Tuesday when Colorado state Rep. Tim Geitner (R) said it denied a kidney transplant to a Colorado Springs woman because she was not...

COVID-19: Without masks, two metres distancing is not enough

Oct 6, 2021

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 indoors, the two metres physical distancing guideline is not enough without masks, according to researchers from Quebec, Illinois, and Texas. While most public health...

CDC unveils new safety guidelines for holiday season

Oct 6, 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled its latest guidance for safely celebrating the upcoming holiday season. The agency suggests, among other considerations, that families hold virtual holiday celebrations...

Taylor Perron receives 2021 MacArthur Fellowship

Oct 6, 2021

Taylor Perron, professor of geology and associate department head for education in MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, has been named a recipient of a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship....

Counting cells may shed light on how cancer spreads

Oct 6, 2021

MIT engineers have now developed a technique that, for the first time, allows them to measure the generation rate of these circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in mice. Capturing rare cellsCirculating...

MIT brings Campaign for a Better World to a successful finish

Oct 6, 2021

MIT has announced the conclusion of its Campaign for a Better World, which raised $6.24 billion to support the Institute’s work on some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Sixty-four...

Budding coders create apps aimed at real-world impact

Oct 6, 2021

It’s a lofty question, but one that drives the team behind MIT App Inventor, a virtual programming platform that allows budding programmers of all ages to create their own apps....