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Professor of media arts and sciences Hugh Herr SM ’93 and HST student Christopher Shallal are working on next-generation biomimetic limbs

The HUMANS nanowafer, an MIT Space Exploration Initiative student-led project, will travel to the ISS this month, and later to the moon, carrying messages in more than 64 languages from over 80 countries. The launch will also carry a special Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit, designed by a team of MIT researchers, including an IMES faculty member and an HST student.

The 2023 competition featured three-minute talks, including from an HST student, on cutting-edge research from across MIT in an engaging, live competition.

Ahead of the Institute’s presidential inauguration, panelists, including an IMES faculty member, describe advances in their research and how these discoveries are being deployed to benefit the public.

A campus summit with the leader and his delegation centered around dialogue on biotechnology and innovation ecosystems.

The new diagnostic, which is based on analysis of urine samples, could also be designed to reveal whether a tumor has metastasized.

Fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.

A new study tests an alternative to external stimulation for measuring when subjects lose and regain responsiveness during sedation and anesthesia.

The award recognizes exceptional distinction in teaching, research, and service at MIT.

A new analysis reveals how Staphylococcus aureus gains mutations that allow it to colonize eczema patches.