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  Feet on Earth, head in the stars

  These five women at the MIT Media Lab are advancing aerospace science and research, driven by a love of our home planet.
• Categorized in MIT News: Feature story

  The art and science of rap

  While teaching a course at MIT last spring, rap luminary and Renaissance man Lupe Fiasco refined his unifying theory of the musical genre.
• Categorized in MIT News: Feature story

  The night sky of Cambridge

  Grad student Evan Kramer is documenting what’s going on above campus, capturing new views of a familiar skyscape.
• Categorized in From the president

  Settling in, and venturing forth

  Getting to know MIT, on campus and around the world.
• Categorized in Seen on campus

  Ready for takeoff

  Engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober sent MIT graduates out into the world with an inspiring message—and a flying mortarboard.
• Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

  Weak links make strong polymers

  Surprisingly, a material with some more easily broken bonds is harder to tear.
• Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

  Diaper genius

  An absorbent material used in disposable diapers could help produce water from dry air.
• Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

  Smart sutures for better healing

  An update on traditional “catgut” could sense inflammation after surgery and even deliver drugs.
• Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

  Large language models may speed drug discovery

  An AI technique developed by MIT researchers can screen more than 100,000 compounds in a day.
• Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

  Like palm oil, but better for the planet

  C16 Biosciences, conceived in an MIT class, has harnessed synthetic biology to try to replace an environmentally damaging industry.
• Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

  Recent books from the MIT community

  September/October 2023

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