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May/June 2022

How MIT researchers developed rapid, affordable, and accurate tests that could help us coexist with covid.

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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.

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    A song in your head

    Certain neurons respond only to singing.

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    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.

  • Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

    More money, more voting?

    Minimum-wage increases lead to higher election participation.

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    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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