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  1. Retweeted
    12 hours ago

    Taking a taxi? Hopping in a friend’s backseat? Don’t take on a joy ride.

    Mobile phone displaying a ridesharing app with a COVID-19 molecule representing the vehicle en route to a destination
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  2. Retweeted
    Jan 20

    Professor Linda Griffith will lead a two-year research project examining a physiomimetic analysis of acute and chronic Lyme Disease Photo: Kathy Wittman

    Headshot of Linda Griffith
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  3. 13 hours ago

    MIT researchers have developed a system that devises hardware architecture that can speed up a robot’s operations. “This research could help unlock the sci-fi future of humans and robots living in integrated harmony.”

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  4. 14 hours ago

    Catching cancer in the act: Using CRISPR technology, researchers are tracking the lineage of individual cancer cells as they proliferate and metastasize in real-time.

    illustration of phylogenetic trees, starting with an individual cancer cell resembling a cross section of a tree. Each color represents a different location in the body. A very colorful tree shows a highly metastatic phenotype.
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  5. 15 hours ago

    A new study by researchers examines infrastructure policies that could encourage adoption of electric vehicles. Installing charging stations on residential streets and along highways could have a big impact, the team says.

    How to get more electric cars on the road
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  6. 23 hours ago

    Ten “keys to reality” from Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek: To understand ourselves and our place in the universe, “we should have humility but also self-respect,” the physicist writes in a new book.

    Illustration of a silhouette of a child with their hand raised at the axis of two different universes.
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  7. Jan 24

    As researchers unravel the complex interplay between our bodies and microbiomes, they are beginning to appreciate the full scope of the field’s potential for treating disease and promoting health.

    Green and black illustration of microbes.
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  8. Jan 23

    Aerosols from pollution, desert storms, and forest fires may intensify thunderstorms: Researchers identify a mechanism by which small particles in the atmosphere can generate more frequent thunderstorms.

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    Jan 22

    UPDATE: Dr. Stephanie Brenman ’09 – An Engineer on the COVID-19 Frontline in Los Angeles A former member of the soccer, , and ice hockey teams, learn about her experience as an emergency medicine physician in her own words:

    , , and 4 others
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  10. Retweeted
    Jan 22

    Leaders can diagnose team dysfunction by looking for six common patterns. Tell us which pattern resonates with you. Learn more 👉

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  11. Jan 22

    Scientists discover slimy microbes that may help keep coral reefs healthy: The bacteria scrub out nitrogen, potentially defending against certain nutrient overloads.

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  12. Jan 22

    MIT researchers have developed an online interactive tool aimed at helping consumers quantify the costs of buying an electric or gas-powered vehicle. via

    electric car, auto, carsharing
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  13. Jan 22

    What must the US do to sustain its democracy? MIT scholars discuss what is needed for the country to support its longstanding form of government.

    Clock-wise from top left: Melissa Nobles; Charles Stewart; Ariel White; Devin Caughey; Christopher Capozzola; Andrea Campbell; and Adam Berinsky.
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  14. Jan 22

    Chess gained favor at MIT long before the advent of “The Queen’s Gambit.” Several hundred people are involved in the MIT Chess Club, and 15 and 20 consistently show up for weekly Friday afternoon club meetings and practices, now held online.

    A chess board with the pieces in starting position.
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  15. Retweeted
    Jan 21

    Voices of : “What makes anthropology so capacious is the diversity of human experience and the beauty of that, of so many different configurations of being that exist simultaneously.” — PhD student Steven Gonzalez

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  16. Retweeted
    Jan 21

    Flipping Failure is a collection of video stories told by MIT students about their path towards resilience when faced with challenge at MIT. Check it out 👉

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  17. Jan 21

    We spotted 👀 a while Alex Padilla ’94 was being sworn into the US Senate by Vice President Kamala Harris.

    The back of Alex Padilla with right hand raised wearing a brass rat facing Kamala Harris as he’s being sworn in.
    2 replies 36 retweets 295 likes
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  18. Jan 21

    For robots, reacting to new information takes a “boatload of computation,” CSAIL researchers say. Their new method uses a robot’s physical layout and intended applications to design a customized computer chip that cuts down this response time.

    A toy robot and in the background there are four red brains with x marks and one green brain with a check mark.
    2 replies 18 retweets 64 likes
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  19. Jan 20

    Happy 91st birthday, Buzz Aldrin ScD '63!

    Buzz Aldrin speaking at MIT about the Gemini 12 mission in 1967.
    Buzz Aldrin on the moon.
    3 replies 70 retweets 505 likes
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  20. Jan 20

    Could lab-grown plant tissue ease the environmental toll of logging and agriculture?: MIT researchers grow structures made of wood-like plant cells in a lab, hinting at the possibility of more efficient biomaterials production.

    a culture of wood-like cells from zinnia leaves
    3 replies 26 retweets 96 likes
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