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Are Covid-19 “comas” signs of a protective hibernation state?

November 18, 2022

Scientists hypothesize that, as in a hibernating turtle, the brain under sedation and deprived of oxygen may assume a protective state.

An MIT study shows that keeping indoor humidity at a sweet spot may reduce the spread of Covid-19.

Keeping indoor humidity levels at a “sweet spot” may reduce spread of Covid-19

November 16, 2022

A new study links very dry and very humid indoor environments with worse Covid-19 outcomes.

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New research takes a fresh look at the potential for cancer immunotherapy

November 12, 2022

Researchers, including an IMES faculty member, argue that there is limited evidence of tumor mutational burden as a biomarker of response to immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is an effective cancer treatment, but only for less than half of all patients. This has led researchers to focus on ways to anticipate which patients…

Louis Braida was a respected member of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the Research Lab of…

Professor Emeritus Louis Braida, speech and hearing scientist and hearing aid innovator, dies at 79

November 4, 2022

Valued mentor was known for research in intensity perception, hearing-impairment characterization, and aids for the deaf.

Researchers from the Bhatia Lab engineered targeted nanoprobes to measure enzyme activity in highly specific locations…

Nanosensors target enzymes to monitor and study cancer

November 2, 2022

By analyzing enzyme activity at the organism, tissue, and cellular scales, new sensors could provide new tools to clinicians and cancer researchers.

Recent American Physical Society honorees include (top row, l-r) MIT professors Arup Chakraborty, Lina Necib, and Ronald…

Seven with MIT ties receive awards from the American Physical Society

October 26, 2022

Professors Arup Chakraborty, Lina Necib, and Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz as well as Yuan Cao SM ’16, PhD ’20; Alina Kononov ’14; Elliott H. Lieb ’53; Haocun Yu PhD ’20; and others honored for contributions to physics.

Left to right: MIT undergraduates Hung Huynh, Lai Wa Chu, Fiona Duong, and Vivian Cheng in the village of Mkutani, Tanzania

MIT student club Engineers Without Borders works with local village in Tanzania

October 17, 2022

Skills learned in the classroom are applied toward health and sanitation projects.

Members of the Picower Institute lab of Associate Professor Kwanghun Chung (from left to right:) William McCoy, Jose Vargas…

Celebrating 20 years of discovery, Picower Institute looks ahead to continuing impact

October 12, 2022

At an exhibition marking two decades since a transformative gift from the Picower Foundation, current and alumni members described research at the forefront of neuroscience and beyond.

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Study finds the risks of sharing health care data are low

October 6, 2022

Greater availability of de-identified patient health data would enable better treatments and diagnostics, the researchers say.

The potential risk of patient re-identification from publicly available health data is extremely low, according to new…

Study finds the risks of sharing health care data are low

October 6, 2022

Greater availability of de-identified patient health data would enable better treatments and diagnostics, the researchers say.

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