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Liftoff: The Climate Project at MIT takes flight - MIT News
WEB2 days ago · The leaders of The Climate Project at MIT met with community members at a campus forum on Monday, helping to kick off the Institute’s major new effort to accelerate and scale up climate change solutions. “The Climate Project is a whole-of-MIT mobilization,” MIT President Sally Kornbluth said in her opening remarks. “It’s designed to focus the Institute’s talent and resources so ...
A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter, MIT study finds
WEB3 days ago · A new study by MIT researchers suggests that miniscule black holes could briefly wobble the orbit of Mars and that these tiny black holes may pass through our solar system once every decade or so, reports Jess Thomson for Newsweek.. “The researchers modeled the orbits of every large body in the solar system,” writes Thomson, “and found that tiny wobbles in the orbit of Mars could ...
AI model can reveal the structures of crystalline materials
WEB1 day ago · MIT chemists have now come up with a new generative AI model that can make it much easier to determine the structures of these powdered crystals. The prediction model could help researchers characterize materials for use in …
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WEB1 day ago · Study reveals the benefits and downside of fasting. Fasting helps intestinal stem cells regenerate and heal injuries but also leads to a higher risk of cancer in mice, MIT researchers report. August 21, 2024. Read full story.
Tests show high-temperature superconducting magnets are ... - MIT News
WEBMar 4, 2024 · In the predawn hours of Sept. 5, 2021, engineers achieved a major milestone in the labs of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), when a new type of magnet, made from high-temperature superconducting material, achieved a world-record magnetic field strength of 20 tesla for a large-scale magnet. That’s the intensity needed to …
MIT’s top research stories of 2021 - MIT News
WEBDec 22, 2021 · Ten of the most-viewed research articles of 2021 on MIT News include a promising new approach to cancer immunotherapy, the confirmation of a 50 year old theorem, and a major fusion breakthrough.
Artificial intelligence - MIT News
WEB1 day ago · Precision home robots learn with real-to-sim-to-real. CSAIL researchers introduce a novel approach allowing robots to be trained in simulations of scanned home environments, paving the way for customized household automation accessible to anyone. July 31, 2024. Read full story.
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WEB2 days ago · A new study by researchers from MIT and elsewhere has found that an AI chatbot is capable of combating conspiracy theories, reports Karen Kaplan for The Los Angeles Times. The researchers found that conversations with the chatbot made people “less generally conspiratorial,” says Prof. David Rand.
New AI JetPack accelerates the entrepreneurial process | MIT News ...
WEB1 day ago · Apple co-founder Steve Jobs described the computer as a bicycle for the mind.What the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship just launched has a bit more horsepower. “Maybe it’s not a Ferrari yet, but we have a car,” says Bill Aulet, the center’s managing director.The vehicle: the MIT Entrepreneurship JetPack, a generative artificial intelligence tool trained on Aulet’s 24-step ...
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