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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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  Mary Frances Wagley

  A trailblazer for women at MIT and beyond.

  

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