This week at MIT: Smarter driving, pro-worker AI, printing electronics + more ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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| | A parking-aware navigation system developed at MIT could reduce both frustration and emissions: By minimizing the time spent looking for a parking spot, this technique can save drivers up to 35 minutes — and give them a realistic estimate of total travel time. |
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| | How companies can boost pro-worker AI |
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| As AI capabilities advance, the window for shaping whether the technology augments or replaces workers is narrowing. Decision makers need to step up, MIT researchers say. |
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| 3D-printing platform rapidly produces complex electric machines |
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| Overcoming challenges of 3D printing with multiple functional materials, MIT researchers fabricated an electric linear motor in hours. |
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| New AI model could cut the costs of developing protein drugs |
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| MIT researchers used a large language model to optimize the genetic sequences of proteins manufactured by yeast, making production more efficient. |
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| MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2026 |
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| Seven faculty members, along with 12 additional alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education. |
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| Exploring the promise of regenerative aquaculture at an Arkansas fish farm |
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| Through research with MIT D-Lab, MIT engineering student Kiyoko "Kik" Hayano worked with Keo Fish Farms to build a model for regenerative water systems. |
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| Bringing the stage to the classroom |
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| 21T.100 (Theater Arts Production) gathers MIT students, faculty, staff, and other professionals to produce feature-length performances. |
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| | | | How close are we to improving ovarian cancer diagnostics? // GBH Curiosity Desk |
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| Professors Angela Belcher and Sangeeta Bhatia join Edgar Herwick III to discuss their efforts aimed at improving diagnostics for ovarian cancer. |
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| This MIT grad built an AI tool to show how hard Olympic figure skating actually is // Fast Company |
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| Jerry Lu MFin '24 discusses his work developing an AI tool that can be used to help figure skaters land their jumps and Olympic audiences better understand just how challenging a quadruple axel is. |
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| Eastern Edge food hall opens near MIT with nine local vendors // The Boston Globe |
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| Eastern Edge, a food hall bordering the MIT campus, has debuted in Kendall Square, featuring nine local food vendors with roots in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, community. |
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| Discovery of the week: Recycled plastic could support future homes // Forbes |
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| MIT researchers developed a system that uses recycled plastic to 3D-print plastic trusses. The trusses could "support more than 4,000 pounds — exceeding typical building standards. The bonus? This took less than an hour to manufacture." |
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| | | | In a new episode of her Curiosity Unbounded podcast, MIT President Sally Kornbluth speaks with Emil Verner, the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and Financial Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, about his research in finance and the broader economy. The two discuss why financial crises happen, Verner's personal experience with economics and the 2008 crisis, and what such crises mean for individual financial stability. |
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| We are teaching AI tools to potentially perpetuate every mistake, every prejudice, every lazy assumption that has shaped generations of bad decisions. |
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| —Emilio Castilla, professor in the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-director of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research, and author of "The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them" |
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