Today at MIT: Pneumonia detector, geothermal energy, plastic-eating bacteria + more ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
| MIT DailyMarch 17, 2026 | 
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| Greetings, and happy St. Patrick's Day to those who celebrate! ☘️
Now, here's the latest from the MIT community.
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| | | A new sensor developed at MIT can detect compounds in a person's breath to quickly diagnose pneumonia and other lung conditions. Rather than sit for a chest X-ray or wait hours for a lab result, a patient may one day take a breath test and get a diagnosis within minutes. |
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| | Next-generation geothermal energy: Promise, progress, and challenges |
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| Geothermal innovators at MIT and elsewhere are seeking deeper and hotter rocks to generate electricity at scale. |
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| Ocean bacteria team up to break down biodegradable plastic |
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| MIT researchers uncovered the roles of bacterial species from the environment as they consume biodegradable plastic. |
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| Financial Times ranks MIT Sloan No. 1 in 2026 Global MBA Ranking |
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| The school tops the list for the first time as MIT Sloan is recognized for preparing students to navigate today's tech-driven workplaces. |
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| | | | Watch: How LIGO is unraveling secrets of the early universe // GBH |
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| MIT Professor and School of Science Dean Nergis Mavalvala and Associate Professor Salvatore Vitale join Edgar Herwick III of GBH's Curiosity Desk to discuss the science behind the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). LIGO has provided the ability to "observe the universe in ways that have never been done before," says Mavalvala. She adds that thanks to LIGO we have seen "black holes, some neutron stars, we hope to see things like supernovae and … eventually we hope to look as far back as the Big Bang. One of the things I spend a lot of time thinking about is how to make the detectors better so we can see fainter objects, farther away objects, exotic objects, things we haven't even thought about." |
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| | | | Per tradition, members of the MIT community partook in pi(e) eating to mark Pi Day, which was Saturday, March 14. This year pi(e)s were distributed on Pi Day Eve — the Friday before — and both Vice President for Energy and Climate Evelyn Wang (foreground right) and Chancellor Melissa Nobles (foreground, second from right) were on hand to help give out the goods. Hope everyone enjoyed the festivities! 🥧 |
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| This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by signs of spring. 🌼
Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day!
—MIT News |
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