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    Putting ideas into action

    January/February 2022

    MIT’s new chancellor, Melissa Nobles, laid a foundation for leadership through her groundbreaking research on politics and racial justice. 

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    • Categorized in MIT News: Cover story

      Putting ideas into action

      MIT’s new chancellor laid a foundation for leadership through her groundbreaking research on politics and racial justice.

      Melissa NoblesMelissa Nobles
    • Categorized in MIT News: Feature story

      The work of the future

      Building better jobs in an age of intelligent machines.

      future of jobs in tech conceptfuture of jobs in tech concept
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      Another economics Nobel

      MIT labor economist Joshua Angrist was honored for his work on “natural experiments” that make the field more empirically rigorous.

      Joshua AngristJoshua Angrist
    • Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

      Planetary smashup

      Astronomers found compelling evidence for a type of giant collision never directly observed.

      illustration of collision in spaceillustration of collision in space
    • Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

      The pointiest path

      The shortest route between two points is a straight line, but your brain may have other priorities.

      aerial view of the Rose F Kennedy Greenway in Bostonaerial view of the Rose F Kennedy Greenway in Boston
    • Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

      Coaching from clothing

      Fibers that act as artificial muscles could help singers, athletes, and others learn to control their breathing.

      Fabrics like this, woven from soft robotic fibers that can sense and respond to their own deformation, could be made into garments that provide tactile feedback, guiding a wearer’s breath and body position.Fabrics like this, woven from soft robotic fibers that can sense and respond to their own deformation, could be made into garments that provide tactile feedback, guiding a wearer’s breath and body position.
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      A new angle on immunotherapy

      Cancer cells injured by chemotherapy can be harnessed to unleash the immune system against tumors in mice.

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    • Categorized in MIT News: 77 Mass Ave

      A gene that keeps the brain sharp?

      New findings may help explain why mental stimulation makes Alzheimer’s and age-related dementia less likely.

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