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  “I wanted to work on something that didn’t exist”

  Polina Anikeeva, PhD ’09, followed up her ultrathin brain probes with tools to study the gut-brain connection—and now leads an MIT research center investigating neural pathways throughout the body.
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  A walking antidote to political cynicism

  Burhan Azeem ’19, the youngest person ever elected to the Cambridge City Council, is changing the city one bill at a time.
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  Raman to go

  Electrical engineer Nili Persits, PhD ’24, has developed low-cost Raman spectroscopy systems that allow instant chemical analysis.
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  Taking on climate change, Rad Lab style

  MIT is on a mission—six missions, in fact—to tackle the hardest climate problems where our efforts will have the greatest impact.
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  Competitive math

  Since 1981, MIT students have been squaring off at the annual MIT Integration Bee.
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  An invisibility cloak for would-be cancers

  Precancerous colon cells turn on a gene that helps them evade the immune system until they develop into tumors.
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  The energy transition’s effects on jobs

  A new study maps where the US employment market will change most during the move to clean energy.
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  A linguistic warning sign for dementia

  Difficulty with complex sentence processing could be a clue that someone may develop Alzheimer’s.
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  MIT’s superconducting magnets are ready for fusion

  A detailed study confirms that record-setting magnets built by the Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Commonwealth Fusion Systems meet the requirements for an economical, compact power plant.
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  A smart glove to guide your hands

  The wearable device can send tactile feedback to teach users new skills, make robots more dexterous, and help train surgeons and pilots.
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  A Grammy for Miguel Zenón

  The saxophonist and assistant professor of jazz was honored for his work on the Latin jazz album El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2.
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  Recent books from the MIT community

  May/June 2024

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