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Taking the pandemic’s temperature

March 2021

Inder Singh, MBA ’06, SM ’07, had already been collecting real-time fever data through his smart-thermometer startup. When covid hit, he realized it could be used to help combat the virus.

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Taking the pandemic’s temperature
Inder Singh’s smart-thermometer startup provides real-time fever data to combat covid-19.
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The doctor will Zoom you now
Doctors and patients alike have long been wary of remote visits. But when lockdowns left no other option, many providers began seeing patients on their phones and computers. Is telemedicine here to stay?
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Make way for robots
Changing our environment in small, simple ways will help robots collaborate more effectively (and safely) with humans.
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The MIT scientists behind the Moderna vaccine
Decades of research and bold entrepreneurship paved the way for the vaccine’s “overnight” success.
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White House taps two MIT leaders
Eric Lander was named to a Cabinet-level post and Maria Zuber will cochair a presidential advisory council.
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Contact cravings
When you’re deprived of human interaction, your brain reacts the same way it does to physical hunger.
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Media Lab’s new head
Aero-astro professor Dava Newman, noted for her pioneering spacesuit designs, will take over in July.
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Storm force
Aerosols may intensify thunderstorms in the tropics.
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Automatic for the robots
A computer model inspired by animal anatomy generates and tests hundreds of robot designs.
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