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Three honored with 2023 School of Science teaching prizes

Oct 17, 2024

The MIT School of Science has announced the winners of its 2023 Teaching Prizes for Graduate and Undergraduate Education. The prizes are awarded to School of Science faculty members who...

Can we cut road deaths to zero by 2050? Current trends say no

Oct 17, 2024

Australian road deaths have risen to levels not seen in nearly a decade. Australia has committed to an ambitious target of zero road deaths by 2050, known as Vision Zero....

Astronomers detect oldest black hole ever observed

Oct 17, 2024

According to standard models, supermassive black holes form from the remnants of dead stars, which collapse and may form a black hole about a hundred times the mass of the...

‘Mini-placentas’ help scientists understand the causes of pre-eclampsia and pregnancy disorders

Oct 17, 2024

Interactions between the cells of the endometrium and the cells of the placenta are critical to whether a pregnancy is successful. When these interactions do not work properly, they can...

Role of inherited genetic variants in rare blood cancer uncovered

Oct 17, 2024

Large-scale genetic analysis has helped researchers uncover the interplay between cancer-driving genetic mutations and inherited genetic variants in a rare type of blood cancer. The study, published today in the...

Turning history of science into a comic adventure

Oct 17, 2024

With that goal in mind, one MIT team recently transformed themselves into time-traveling comic book characters, in an effort to convey the fascinating history of infectious disease science. The multimedia...

Stratospheric safety standards: How aviation could steer regulation of AI in health

Oct 17, 2024

Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, share an interest in the challenges of transparency in AI models. Though the 1920s were known as “the Golden Age of Aviation,”...

Oxford researchers honoured in 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

Oct 17, 2024

Every year, one Laureate and two Finalists are chosen in the three disciplinary categories of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemical Sciences. About the Oxford winners:Jayne Birkby is...

3 Questions: Implementing the MIT Graduate Student Union’s collective bargaining agreement

Oct 17, 2024

Moving forward, graduate students in the Graduate Student Union (GSU)’s bargaining unit — about 3,500 research assistants, teaching assistants, and instructors-G — will be represented by the GSU and covered...

Richard Wiesman, professor of the practice in mechanical engineering, dies at age 69

Oct 17, 2024

Richard M. Wiesman ’76, SM ’76, PhD ’83, a professor of the practice in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE), died on Sunday, Jan. 7. A technology innovator and...