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• Categorized in MIT News: Cover story

  These fast, cheap tests could help us coexist with covid

  Thanks to groundbreaking work on infectious agents and diseases already under way before the pandemic began, MIT researchers could respond quickly to the global need for rapid, convenient covid testing.

  
• Categorized in MIT News: Feature story

  Topographies that talk

  Geology professor and MacArthur “genius” Taylor Perron explores our world and others to understand how landscapes evolve and what they can tell us about the future of our planet.

  
• Categorized in MIT News: Feature story

  Molecular monitor

  Professor Hadley Sikes blends chemistry with pathology for new ways to detect diseases, including cancer and covid.

  
• Categorized in From the president

  What’s next for MIT?

  The Institute has an ambitious to-do list.

  
• Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

  President Reif will step down

  His decade-long tenure reinforced MIT’s status as an engine of innovation.

  
• Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

  A song in your head

  Certain neurons respond only to singing.

  
• Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

  A superhero polymer

  Light as plastic, stronger than steel, and more difficult to deform than bulletproof glass.

  
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  Barnhart succeeds Schmidt as provost

  As Martin Schmidt departs for RPI, Cynthia Barnhart assumes the Institute’s senior academic post.

  
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  More money, more voting?

  Minimum-wage increases lead to higher election participation.

  
• Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

  A better way to clean solar panels

  New waterless method cleans dust from solar installations in the desert.

  
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  No legalese, please

  Study shows how lawyers could make legal documents such as contracts and deeds easier to comprehend.

  
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  Smoking gun

  Study finds chemical link between wildfires and ozone depletion.

  

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