Reversing hearing loss with regenerative therapy
Most of us know someone affected by hearing loss, but we may not fully appreciate how difficult the condition can be. Hearing loss can lead not only to frustration but also social isolation and...
View ArticleCan artificial intelligence overcome the challenges of the health care system?
Even as rapid improvements in artificial intelligence have led to speculation over significant changes in the health care landscape, the adoption of AI in health care has been minimal. A 2020 survey by...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence predicts patients’ race from their medical images
The miseducation of algorithms is a critical problem; when artificial intelligence mirrors unconscious thoughts, racism, and biases of the humans who generated these algorithms, it can lead to serious...
View ArticleNew research center focused on brain-body relationship established at MIT
The inextricable link between our brains and our bodies has been gaining increasing recognition among researchers and clinicians over recent years. Studies have shown that the brain-body pathway is...
View ArticleStudents imagine better products, services, and infrastructure for an aging...
A pop-up hearing aid exposition called HearWeAre. A travel agency that matches older and younger travelers for group adventures. An app that guides outgoing hospital patients through every step of the...
View ArticleStudy finds natural sources of air pollution exceed air quality guidelines in...
Alongside climate change, air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health. Tiny particles known as particulate matter or PM2.5 (named for their diameter of just 2.5...
View ArticleProtecting maternal health in Rwanda
The world is facing a maternal health crisis. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 810 women die each day due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Two-thirds...
View ArticleIn-home wireless device tracks disease progression in Parkinson’s patients
Parkinson’s disease is the fastest-growing neurological disease, now affecting more than 10 million people worldwide, yet clinicians still face huge challenges in tracking its severity and...
View ArticleProcessing waste biomass to reduce airborne emissions
To prepare fields for planting, farmers the world over often burn corn stalks, rice husks, hay, straw, and other waste left behind from the previous harvest. In many places, the practice creates huge...
View ArticleSMART researchers develop quick test to determine immunity against Covid-19
A team of scientists from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, andNanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has...
View ArticleScientists chart how exercise affects the body
Exercise is well-known to help people lose weight and avoid gaining it. However, identifying the cellular mechanisms that underlie this process has proven difficult because so many cells and tissues...
View Article3Q: Why Europe is so vulnerable to heat waves
This year saw high-temperature records shattered across much of Europe, as crops withered in the fields due to widespread drought. Is this a harbinger of things to come as the Earth’s climate steadily...
View ArticleBuilding a bridge between neuroscience and immunology
When Gloria Choi was making plans to launch her research lab at MIT, nearly 10 years ago, she thought it would be nice to find a side project where she could collaborate with her husband, an...
View ArticleCoordinating climate and air-quality policies to improve public health
As America’s largest investment to fight climate change, the Inflation Reduction Act positions the country to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 40 percent below 2005 levels by 2030....
View ArticleA healthy wind
Nearly 10 percent of today’s electricity in the United States comes from wind power. The renewable energy source benefits climate, air quality, and public health by displacing emissions of greenhouse...
View ArticleMIT Solve announces 2023 global challenges and Indigenous Communities Fellowship
MIT Solve, an MIT initiative with a mission to drive innovation to solve world challenges, announced today the 2023 Global Challenges and the Indigenous Communities Fellowship. Solve invites anyone...
View ArticleMIT Wellness Wizard Certificate promotes health and well-being
Over the course of several years of research, surveys, and focus groups, MIT students and Physical Education and Wellness instructors and coaches in the Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and...
View ArticleImproving health outcomes by targeting climate and air pollution simultaneously
Climate policies are typically designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that result from human activities and drive climate change. The largest source of these emissions is the combustion of fossil...
View ArticleLow-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere
Air pollution is a major public health problem: The World Health Organization has estimated that it leads to over 4 million premature deaths worldwide annually. Still, it is not always extensively...
View ArticleCoding for health equity
Choosing a major was a long process for Mercy Oladipo. Coming into MIT, she was interested in both computer science and medicine, but a plan for how those passions would intersect took some time to...
View ArticleFull immersion in health care for MIT students
Parents receiving an autism diagnosis for their child can be overwhelmed with emotions and questions. What does the diagnosis mean? How should they support their child? Who should they tell?For the...
View ArticleJ-WAFS announces 2023 seed grant recipients
Today, the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) announced its ninth round of seed grants to support innovative research projects at MIT. The grants are designed to fund research...
View Article3 Questions: Sara Prescott on the brain-body connection
Many of our body’s most important functions occur without our conscious knowledge, such as digestion, heartbeat, and breathing. These vital functions depend on the signals generated by the...
View ArticleExploring the links between diet and cancer
Every three to five days, all of the cells lining the human intestine are replaced. That constant replenishment of cells helps the intestinal lining withstand the damage caused by food passing through...
View ArticleQ&A: Are far-reaching fires the new normal?
Where there’s smoke, there is fire. But with climate change, larger and longer-burning wildfires are sending smoke farther from their source, often to places that are unaccustomed to the exposure....
View ArticleProbe expands understanding of oral cavity homeostasis
Your mouth is a crucial interface between the outside world and the inside of your body. Everything you breathe, chew, or drink interacts with your oral cavity — the proteins and the microbes,...
View ArticleQ&A: Alexey Makarin on why social media harms youth mental health
It’s the height of summer break, and as students decompress from the school year, they also have more time for scrolling social media. What effect do these platforms have on the young people’s mental...
View ArticleSupporting sustainability, digital health, and the future of work
The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology has selected three new research projects that will receive support from the initiative. The research projects aim to accelerate...
View ArticleHow to help high schoolers prepare for the rise of artificial intelligence
Should artificial intelligence be allowed to make care decisions for patients? Though the future of AI may conjure up doomsday visions of robots and computers intent on rendering human existence...
View ArticleTiny magnetic beads produce an optical signal that could be used to quickly...
Getting results from a blood test can take anywhere from one day to a week, depending on what a test is targeting. The same goes for tests of water pollution and food contamination. And in most cases,...
View Article“Move-in day is kind of like our Superbowl”
The academic year has officially begun at MIT, and the halls are once again filled with the energy and excitement that only students can bring. But MIT’s campus does not come to life automatically.The...
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A pose-mapping technique could remotely evaluate patients with cerebral palsy
It can be a hassle to get to the doctor’s office. And the task can be especially challenging for parents of children with motor disorders such as cerebral palsy, as a clinician must evaluate the child...
View ArticleJames Fujimoto, Eric Swanson, and David Huang win Lasker Award
The Lasker Foundation has named James Fujimoto ’79, SM ’81, PhD ’84, the Elihu Thomson Professor in Electrical Engineering and principal investigator in the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), a...
View ArticleGermicidal UV lights could be producing indoor air pollutants, study finds
Many efforts to reduce transmission of diseases like Covid-19 and the flu have focused on measures such as masking and isolation, but another useful approach is reducing the load of airborne pathogens...
View ArticleWobbly gel mat trains muscle cells to work together
There’s no doubt that exercise does a body good, including strengthening and toning our muscles. But how exactly does exercise make this happen?As we run and lift and stretch, our muscles experience...
View ArticleFour from MIT awarded National Medals of Technology, Science
The White House honored four MIT affiliates today with the nation’s highest awards for scientists and innovators. At a ceremony this afternoon, President Joe Biden announced the recipients of this...
View ArticleMIT Generative AI Week fosters dialogue across disciplines
In late November, faculty, staff, and students from across MIT participated in MIT Generative AI Week. The programming included a flagship full-day symposium as well as four subject-specific symposia,...
View ArticleEngineers develop a vibrating, ingestible capsule that might help treat obesity
When you eat a large meal, your stomach sends signals to your brain that create a feeling of fullness, which helps you realize it’s time to stop eating. A stomach full of liquid can also send these...
View ArticleK. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research Center will prioritize...
Billions of people worldwide face threats to their livelihood, health, and well-being due to poverty. These problems persist because solutions offered in developed countries often do not meet the...
View ArticleGetfit, MIT Health’s winter exercise challenge, turns 20 in 2024
“Getfit” isn’t a command, but rather a friendly challenge from MIT Health (formerly MIT Medical) to spend the cold months exercising with a group of people you choose in any way you choose. This year,...
View ArticleBlood cell family trees trace how production changes with aging
Blood cells make up the majority of cells in the human body. They perform critical functions and their dysfunction is implicated in many important human diseases, from anemias to blood cancers like...
View ArticleMIT course aids social connection, better relationships, and happiness
As part of MIT Chancellor Melissa Nobles’s effort to educate the whole student, MIT’s chaplain to the Institute and associate dean Thea Keith-Lucas, along with colleagues Natalie Hill, a Methodist...
View ArticleMIT Solve announces 2024 Global Challenges and Indigenous Communities Fellowship
The driving mission of MIT Solve is inviting new voices and proposed solutions to world problems as a way to achieve a more sustainable and equitable future for all. To that end, Solve recently...
View ArticleWhat can super-healing species teach us about regeneration?
When Albert E. Almada PhD ’13 embarks on a new project, he always considers two criteria instilled in him during his time as a graduate student in the Department of Biology at MIT.“If you want to make...
View Article“This MIT Bootcamp shook everything upside down and has given me the spirit...
A new MIT Bootcamps hybrid program recently convened 34 innovators to tackle substance use disorder from multiple perspectives. Together, they built and pitched new ventures with the goal of bringing...
View ArticleDeciphering the cellular mechanisms behind ALS
At a time in which scientific research is increasingly cross-disciplinary, Ernest Fraenkel, the Grover M. Hermann Professor in Health Sciences and Technology in MIT’s Department of Biological...
View ArticleA new way to quantify climate change impacts: “Outdoor days”
For most people, reading about the difference between a global average temperature rise of 1.5 C versus 2 C doesn’t conjure up a clear image of how their daily lives will actually be affected. So,...
View ArticleDesigning solutions to ensure equity in health care
Growing up in the Boston suburbs, MIT senior Daisy Wang spent her spare time upside down underwater, dancing with her competitive artistic swimming team. “It feels like you and your teammates are one...
View ArticleA biomedical engineer pivots from human movement to women’s health
Watching her uncle play a video game when she was a small child started Shaniel Bowen on her path to becoming a biomedical engineer. The game, “Metal Gear Solid 2,” introduced her to exoskeletons,...
View ArticlePreparing MIT’s campus for cardiac emergencies
MIT has launched an initiative to install an automated external defibrillator (AED) in every building on MIT’s campus, including leased spaces and satellite locations. The effort will continue over the...
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