Sleep deprivation + AI comic book + from MIT to the WNBA

By rahmat hidayat

Kamis, 30 Oktober 2025

view in browser MIT Daily October 30, 2025 Greetings! Election Day in the United States is just five days away. Get ready to vote with election and voting resources at mit.turbovote.org. Now, here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Sleep Science New MIT research reveals what happens in the brain during attention lapses caused by sleep deprivation: A wave of cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the brain. This process typically occurs during sleep and helps to wash away waste products that have built up during the day.  Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines Who benefits from AI? New comic explores technology’s impact on labor A free comic book adapts MIT Nobel Prize-winning economists’ work on how AI and technological change affect workers and shared prosperity. Full story via MIT Sloan→ Designing better, longer-lasting medicines Adding amino acids to certain protein-based medications can improve stability and effectiveness. New MIT research demonstrates how it works. Full story via MIT News → MIT students stretch minds and bodies The Exercise is Medicine class integrates physical activity and academics. Full story via MIT News → #ThisisMIT Follow @mitathletics on Instagram→ In the Media Exhibiting in plain sight: Six permanent displays to put on your list // The Boston Globe “Made to Measure,” a permanent exhibit at the MIT Museum, offers visitors a peek at the science of measurement, showcasing instruments that have been central to scientific research and discovery at MIT and beyond. The exhibit’s displays explore strength, temperature, length and more. The “How Far?” display includes “a taffrail log (used by sailors to measure distance), pedometers, a surveyor’s tape, a transit theodolite, several rulers, and a smoot bar, a unit of measurement based on the height of MIT undergraduate Oliver Smoot.”  Full story via The Boston Globe → Listen From sports drinks to self-driving cars, some of the most transformative innovations have emerged when universities and businesses join forces. In this episode of the MIT CSAIL Alliances Podcast, host Kara Miller talks with Lori Glover, managing director of global strategic alliances at MIT CSAIL and author of “Innovation Alchemy,” about the surprising ways academic research and industry collaboration shape technology, talent, and the global economy. Together, they explore stories from the invention of Gatorade to modern AI research, the challenges of aligning two very different cultures, and how collaborations can spark unexpected breakthroughs, sometimes changing entire industries. Watch/listen to the podcast→ This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by MIT and Boston through the eyes of children. 🍩 Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day! —MIT News Forward This Email Subscribe This email was sent to rh3252705.ikut@blogger.com because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. subscribe update preferences unsubscribe view in browser MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA

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