| Sepsis Sensor | | | | | | A novel sensor could speed diagnosis of sepsis, which kills 250,000 U.S. hospital patients annually. Using less than a finger prick of blood, the microfluidics device detects clinically significant levels of a sepsis biomarker in 25 minutes. |
| Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands tours MIT Dutch delegation visits the Institute for a tour focused on computing, robotics, and health care innovation. |  |
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| Professor Patrick Winston, former director of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, dies at 76 Beloved professor conducted pioneering research on imbuing machines with human-like intelligence, including the ability to understand stories. |  |
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| Measuring productivity Research by MIT Sloan’s Bob Pozen reveals common habits and skills among highly productive managers. |  |
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| Uncovering the riches of traditional global medicine Researchers solve how the kava plant produces its pain-relieving and anti-anxiety molecules, demonstrate an extensible method to scale and optimize production. |  |
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| Celebrating a curious mind: Steven Keating 1988-2019 Steven Keating SM ’12, PhD ’16 inspired millions with his research-driven approach to battling cancer and his advocacy for open patient health data. |  |
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| This “hybrid drone” can hover like a helicopter and fly like a plane // Mashable CSAIL researchers have developed a new system aimed at allowing nonexperts to design drones of different sizes and shapes that can alternate between hovering and gliding. |
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| Why MIT’s social tech incubator is launching an investment fund // Fast Company MIT Solve has launched an innovation fund aimed at attracting funding for social-impact ventures tackling global issues such as access to clean water. |
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| Do as the doctor says, not as he or she does // STAT A new working paper from Professor Jonathan Gruber and others shows that while doctors have more information than patients about different tests and treatments, they still make decisions similarly to their patients when receiving care. |
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| How to detox our food systems // BBC Follow the Food “What we are trying to do is come up with a technology that can help farmers and significantly reduce the amount [of pesticide] sprayed,” says Professor Kripa Varanasi of his work developing a technology that helps pesticides better adhere to plant leaves. |
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 | | | | You can do it. Only you can do it. You can't do it alone. You won't be alone if you take care of your people. | | — Patrick Winston (1943-2019), professor, mentor, and former director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory |
| | | Every year since 2009, MIT has hosted a community garden, to which faculty and staff are encouraged to contribute. Gardeners, selected by lottery, are designated a section of a raised bed for the season, and often donate a portion of their annual bounty to a local charity. |
| 93,000,000,000 | | Number of miles beyond the sun that Ralph McNutt PhD ’80 hopes the proposed Interstellar Probe will travel in order to study the distant cosmos |
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