| Spooky Action | | | | | | A physics experiment using light from ancient quasars adds more support for quantum entanglement, the seemingly far-out idea that two particles, no matter how distant from each other, can be inextricably linked. Full story via MIT News → |
| Remembering Kofi Annan SM ’72 In 2002 MIT Sloan speech, the former UN secretary-general talked trust, responsibility, and big business. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Advancing undersea optical communications Lincoln Laboratory researchers are applying narrow-beam laser technology to enable communications between underwater vehicles. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Putting the Living Wage Calculator into action Corporations and nonprofits are applying the popular MIT online tool developed by Prof. Amy Glasmeier to shape policy and set wages. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Antidepressant restores youthful flexibility to aging inhibitory neurons Neural plasticity and arbor growth decline with age, study in mice shows. Full story via MIT News → |
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| We have finally figured out how to snap spaghetti into two pieces // New Scientist The so-called spaghetti challenge has puzzled physicists for decades. “We work on a lot of things here,” says Prof. Jörn Dunkel, “but 10 percent of them should be fun.” Full story via New Scientist → |
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| Self-driving cars should look down, not just ahead // WIRED Ground-penetrating radar originally developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory to help U.S. troops avoid landmines could give self-driving cars a way to map where they are without relying on visual clues or GPS. Full story via WIRED → |
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| North Korea’s nuclear program isn’t going anywhere // Foreign Affairs Prof. Vipin Narang writes about the state of North Korea’s nuclear program following President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Full story via Foreign Affairs → |
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| Surprise: Index shows U.S. elections were better run in 2016 than in 2012 // The Washington Post Prof. Charles Stewart III examines the latest findings from the Elections Performance Index, which he says “shows that we can use objective metrics to chart any policy change aimed at improving voting, and that it’s not as difficult as we thought.” Full story via The Washington Post → |
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Name: Julie Parker
Affiliation: Manager of the MIT Furniture Exchange
Hometown: Cousins Island, Maine
Years at MIT: 6
Hobby: Sewing and prepping for the MIT Sew It’s Saturday crafts group
Famous person you’d love to meet: Satchel Paige
Favorite campus location: Collier Memorial and the polka dot railroad crossing connecting Vassar and Albany Streets
Secret superpower: Making fictional maps with my son
Favorite thing about MIT: It seems like no idea is too crazy. People think outside of the box! |
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| | | Clara Park ’14, SM ’17, a graduate research assistant at MIT’s Therapeutic Technology Design and Development lab, is working with Assistant Professor Ellen Roche on a heart model to test and validate different implantable cardiac devices. Park presented her work at a recent workshop organized by Roche and Claire Conway from the National University of Ireland Galway. With support from the MISTI Global Seed Fund, Roche and Conway are giving students new opportunities to help tackle the world’s leading cause of death with innovative devices for cardiac disease. |
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