Happy 250th Birthday to Ludwig van Beethoven, born 1770, Dec 16 or 17. Enjoy this extraordinary performance of his Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, by David Deveau, acclaimed pianist and MIT faculty member, with ensemble. Free download https://t.co/BexV13UTsT#Beethoven2020 pic.twitter.com/3UgUiTBvVE
— MIT SHASS (@MIT_SHASS) December 16, 2020
The MIT Hobby Shop was started in 1938 by a group of students who wanted to work on their hobbies. In 2020 it became the main prototyping and manufacturing site for an effort to develop an open-source ventilator.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
full version: https://t.co/rVxRyV3ZHB pic.twitter.com/7HP5CLmVIQ— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 22, 2020
Savva Morozov, a junior majoring in @MITAeroAstro, is working on autonomous navigation for the mini cheetah robot. The agile robot could find use in search-and-rescue or disaster relief.
Video: Lillie Paquette/@MITEngineering pic.twitter.com/jDr3T7oVkE
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 22, 2020
MIT researchers have developed a technique to squeeze an artificial intelligence vision algorithm onto a low-power computer chip that can run for months on a battery. https://t.co/qr0CbyEblF
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 16, 2020
Concept for a hybrid-electric plane may reduce aviation’s air pollution problem: Proposed design could reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 95 percent, a new study finds. https://t.co/alurRuaF1o pic.twitter.com/SU0e1FKqDJ
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 15, 2021
MIT.nano’s Immersion Lab opens for researchers and students: Facility within MIT.nano offers equipment and capabilities for visualizing data, creating immersive environments. https://t.co/q08TWnzc8Z pic.twitter.com/kOLFhmGyLJ
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 13, 2021
A 60-person task force, including @MITLL researchers, has published a study reviewing mobile health (mHealth) technologies and examining their use in monitoring and mitigating the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. https://t.co/GDWCfC9vUG pic.twitter.com/JMAjJsRCLD
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 22, 2020
States of growth: When and where entrepreneurship has thrived: Study shows ambitious U.S. startups are not in decline — but timing and location matter. https://t.co/nZ9BR3GQOR pic.twitter.com/SE2l7CtfwM
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 8, 2021
A better kind of cybersecurity strategy: New model shows why countries that retaliate too much against online attacks make things worse for themselves. https://t.co/C9DPTxeqEf pic.twitter.com/COLLMHaVAX
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 8, 2021
Inspired by kombucha tea, engineers at MIT and elsewhere have created “living materials.” They’ve found that a symbiotic culture of specialized yeast and bacteria can generate tough materials able to perform a variety of functions. https://t.co/c4NBjW0Otv pic.twitter.com/3rlE4Bg5jW
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 12, 2021
SMART researchers engineer a plant-based sensor to monitor arsenic levels in soil: Nanoscale devices integrated into the leaves of living plants can detect the toxic heavy metal in real time. https://t.co/aUZUcejp6N pic.twitter.com/B8omhJKSWI
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 10, 2021
InEnTec: Turning trash into valuable chemical products and clean fuels: Climate goals expand impact of MIT waste-processing spinoff that capitalizes on a process called plasma gasification. https://t.co/OStLsel4pH pic.twitter.com/vdHXw20XUo
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 7, 2021
Fikile Brushett is looking for new ways to store energy: By developing electrochemical technologies, he hopes to help reduce reliance on fossil fuels. https://t.co/6frOHd4yK6 pic.twitter.com/u4cj3ITe7D
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 5, 2021
A study from MIT’s LIGO Lab demonstrating how quantum fluctuations can jiggle objects as large as the mirrors of the LIGO observatory has been selected by @PhysicsWorld as one of the top 10 breakthroughs of the year. https://t.co/wppw7MisaG
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 4, 2021
Professor Daniela Rus, the deputy dean of research for the @MIT_SCC and director of @MITCSAIL; graduate student Joy Buolamwini; and former postdoc Rana el Kaliouby are highlighted for their work shaping the future of artificial intelligence. https://t.co/T9y6hNXUZK
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 18, 2020
How does a small startup go head to head with the country’s largest IT consulting firms? For the quality engineering startup Ultranauts, the answer lies in the power of its cognitively diverse workforce. https://t.co/krv221i34I pic.twitter.com/wCTLRH8pB1
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 17, 2020
Computer-aided creativity in robot design: MIT researchers’ new system optimizes the shape of robots for traversing various terrain types. https://t.co/aX3eqiPGDP pic.twitter.com/SH7Cb4jtK9
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 16, 2020
A hunger for social contact: Neuroscientists find that isolation provokes brain activity similar to that seen during hunger cravings. https://t.co/HiZS5l6tHg pic.twitter.com/PcddvYkjT6
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 15, 2020
Architects from Generate, an MIT startup, have developed a system that could be used to help make the architecture and construction process more environmentally sustainable. https://t.co/UCg6s6kcHG
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 10, 2020
New research from MIT suggests that coronaviruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, may use a similar method to trick cells into letting the viruses inside. https://t.co/0n2sXIPZYk pic.twitter.com/erSI1uRcDd
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 11, 2020
Writing for @PostOpinions, Prof. Alan Lightman notes the importance of movie theaters and the need to ensure they survive the Covid-19 pandemic. “…if theaters do not survive, something irreplaceable will have been lost,” writes Lightman. https://t.co/JXug1XCchC pic.twitter.com/IX6KbImuwV
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 6, 2021
It’s difficult to produce vaccines against viruses that mutate rapidly, evading antibodies via a process called viral escape. “Viral escape is a big problem,” says Bonnie Berger, whose team has devised a model that identifies good targets for new vaccines. https://t.co/KBeUbd2vK6 pic.twitter.com/TytSKlqkgC
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 15, 2021
I got the Covid-19 vaccine! Can I toss my mask?: MIT Medical explains current thinking about mask use after individuals have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. https://t.co/3xiEBUZbpb pic.twitter.com/k9IwZEH8bd
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 14, 2021
Late last month, @MITMedical received its first batch of Covid-19 vaccine. Over three days during winter break, 168 of its frontline workers were vaccinated. Lead Medical Housekeeper Fatima Rosario was the first vaccine recipient at MIT.
Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT pic.twitter.com/YJzRvxzkyG
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 11, 2021
Phillip Sharp, an @MITBiologyprofessor and member of the @kochinstitute, commented on the long arc of scientific research that has led to this groundbreaking, rapid vaccine development — and looked ahead to what the future might hold for mRNA technology. https://t.co/xGBqeHf9qr pic.twitter.com/Y4lNgeGGSq
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 9, 2021
Shirley Leung describes how the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine demonstrates the success of the Massachusetts life sciences sector. “For more than half a century, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been the epicenter of that curiosity…” she writes. https://t.co/i3WoDFFiH4
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 5, 2021
Transit officials in New York are teaming up with the Department of Homeland Security and @MITLL to study how to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus on buses and trains. https://t.co/VSEYfU9YcT
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 15, 2020
Professor of the practice of community development Ceasar McDowell speaks about the importance of designing for communities and not individuals in order to help create a more equitable future. https://t.co/RxNyhsFllU
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 14, 2020
Senior Lecturer Steve Spear examines how the U.S. can prepare to better handle the next pandemic. https://t.co/hKZfa4gJGT
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 11, 2021
Graduate student Carmelo Ignaccolo discusses how young professionals are returning home to Italy during the pandemic, as well as his efforts to help facilitate remote-working opportunities to revamp local economies. https://t.co/FztF2WWSwz
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 14, 2021
“Dealing with the present constitutional crisis requires more than removing Donald Trump from office,” writes Professor Charles Stewart III. “It requires creating the conditions for electoral politics to marginalize opponents of constitutional government.” https://t.co/Xi8KRHYcPG
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 13, 2021
Professor Christopher Capozzola of MIT History, reflects on the violent events in Washington: “What made us think that this could never happen in the United States? … This is going to be a moment of soul-searching for America.” As seen on @NBC10Boston https://t.co/kqjQVojn2a pic.twitter.com/4A02Im66KP
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 12, 2021
Music historian Emily Richmond Pollock studies how opera has evolved while keeping its links to the past intact. In troubled times, she says, familiar classics can bring new meaning, noting: “Opera is both an escape and a way of processing things.” https://t.co/25Ldeb6bFW pic.twitter.com/9svL35Mt1f
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 6, 2021
Political scientist Richard Nielsen studies clerics in the Islamic world, combining textual analysis, big data, ethnography, and on-the-ground research in the Middle East. “There’s a real dearth of people who are trying to do all of [this],” he says. https://t.co/qZSMiMimJN pic.twitter.com/VMuPXzyUfs
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 21, 2020
Professor Sinan Aral discusses how social media platforms can reduce the spread of misinformation. “Human-in-the-loop moderation is the right solution,” says Aral. https://t.co/UZ9hJU5Uve
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 11, 2020
RNA molecules are masters of their own destiny: Research suggests the products of transcription — RNA molecules — regulate their own production through a feedback loop https://t.co/BDXVzR30W8 pic.twitter.com/UE1BHeIYiM
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 7, 2021
In a new book, physicist and Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek outlines 10 “keys to reality.” To understand ourselves and our place in the universe, he writes, “we should have humility but also self-respect.” https://t.co/P8PFywg5QL pic.twitter.com/tE4Q7FIpkR
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 13, 2021
New type of atomic clock keeps time even more precisely: The design, which uses entangled atoms, could help scientists detect dark matter and study gravity’s effect on time. https://t.co/uYBZB9y8jN pic.twitter.com/Hez5RL6d78
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 18, 2021
Holly Jackson doesn’t think of herself as an astronomer, but her work has contributed to some of the most startling and original research in the field this century. https://t.co/Mc7xWilzts pic.twitter.com/HsccA0yKvJ
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 16, 2021
Rock magnetism uncrumples the Himalayas’ complex collision zone: MIT EAPS researchers find the impressive mountain range formed over a series of impacts, not a single event, as previously thought. https://t.co/lYzZKKNjJK pic.twitter.com/17tJ3bM5jp
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 11, 2021
EAPS researchers have discovered microbes living within some coral species that may help shield the coral against excess nitrogen levels. “This could be a very natural way that reefs can protect themselves, at least to some extent,” says Andrew Babbin. https://t.co/1kT1limvHP pic.twitter.com/NwMDxuSwQ8
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 8, 2021
Turning microbiome research into a force for health: A diverse group of researchers is working to turn new discoveries about the trillions of microbes in the body into treatments for a range of diseases. https://t.co/uu3Hf0TjBd pic.twitter.com/mye6q32Fi8
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 6, 2021
For some, the sound of a “perfect flow” might be the gentle lapping of a forest brook. For physicists, a perfect flow is more specific, referring to a fluid that flows with the smallest amount of friction, or viscosity. https://t.co/dyDdyKRhj8 pic.twitter.com/6GIjLmrjmL
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 6, 2021
Scientists have long seen a link between strong storms and tiny airborne particles. @eapsMIT scientists have now identified a possible mechanism, which could mean that “by cleaning up pollution, places might experience fewer storms,” Tim Cronin says. https://t.co/OMBDcN6mJV pic.twitter.com/3lHo9ZKDjo
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 4, 2021
A technique to sift out the universe’s first gravitational waves: Identifying primordial ripples would be key to understanding the conditions of the early universe. https://t.co/unfRTMY4yX pic.twitter.com/MXI5DKjtz3
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 4, 2021
Quantum computing, an idea spawned in the 1980s, could one day carry the baton into a new era of powerful high-speed computing. https://t.co/wWZUDzou5r pic.twitter.com/TvGh2hHK6y
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) January 2, 2021
The best atomic clocks, running since the Big Bang, would only be off by half a second today. Still, they could be more precise. Physicists have designed a new kind of atomic clock sensitive enough to detect dark matter and gravitational waves. https://t.co/PgI329nVTh pic.twitter.com/6ytwexBCYH
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 18, 2020
Sensor can detect scarred or fatty liver tissue: Diagnosing liver damage earlier could help to prevent liver failure in many patients. https://t.co/Ls37FLZN94 pic.twitter.com/tM39Y7sDEk
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 18, 2020
Explained: Quantum engineering — Quantum computers could usher in a golden age of computing power, solving problems intractable on today’s machines. https://t.co/kc5ki72FlJ pic.twitter.com/F6TNFsaNN2
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 11, 2020
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— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 31, 2020
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— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 12, 2020
May this holiday season bring you joy, health, harmony and peace.
— MIT President Rafael Reif and Christine Reif
Video: @MIT_alumni pic.twitter.com/E071K9Adus
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) December 18, 2020
“If the past is no longer a guide to the future, we’re going to have a tough time doing any sort of predictive analytics.”https://t.co/j3NknjKMxV
— MIT Sloan School of Management (@MITSloan) January 5, 2021
MIT engineers research an alloy that might challenge the reign of silicon in the computer chip and transistor production sector https://t.co/EOxp7T5w3G @mit_nano @MITEECS @mit_dmse
— MIT Engineering (@MITEngineering) December 10, 2020
"Give people projects, challenges, ask them questions, get them into the questioning state of mind."
On @cbcradio's @CBCQuirks, Sanjay Sarma discusses how hands-on learning and "experiences that instill curiosity" are key to education transformation. https://t.co/aSFZvRChjP
— MIT Open Learning (@mitopenlearning) January 11, 2021
Directed by @dkroy + based at the Media Lab, the new Center for Constructive Communication is an interdisciplinary, cross-campus effort to better understand media ecosystems, and design tools + networks to help bridge social, cultural, + political divides. https://t.co/OA2011DkcI
— MIT Media Lab (@medialab) January 13, 2021
As Women@MIT spring fellows, Mariana Roa Oliva and Maya Bjornson will create an immersive video game to explore archival material related to the history of women at MIT and in STEM. https://t.co/VVkzhsUfhk #WomenInSTEM #archives pic.twitter.com/YVcaIIfO0Y
— MIT Libraries (@mitlibraries) January 12, 2021
Agroforestry could play a role in the mitigation of climate change, but how can we increase adoption? An evaluation of the effect of subsidies and rewards on an agroforestry technology among farmers in Zambia explores this question: https://t.co/qvWytAJN0X pic.twitter.com/uz5IX2RGVv
— J-PAL (@JPAL) January 5, 2021
In a marvelous new essay "The Bluest Eye turns 50," MIT Prof. Sandy Alexandre (@salexandy) honors Toni Morrison's debut novel and illuminates the ways that Morrison's exquisite language renders something as complex as structural racism comprehensible. https://t.co/1lWbyB07Ti pic.twitter.com/28ZB5XKs54
— MIT SHASS (@MIT_SHASS) December 10, 2020