NASA Reveals Semifinalists of Power to Explore Challenge – NASA Science

NASA has selected the 45 semifinalists of the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes.

A bright and airy hub for climate at MIT

Together, the new Moghadam Building and refurbished Green Building form a vibrant new center to tackle pressing global concerns of sustainability and climate change.

Fotini Christia named director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

Known for building connections between the social sciences, data science, and computation, the political science professor will lead IDSS into its next chapter.

Noninvasive imaging method can penetrate deeper into living tissue

Using high-powered lasers, this new method could help biologists study the body’s immune responses and develop new medicines.

Researchers leverage shadows to model 3D scenes, including objects blocked from view

This technique could lead to safer autonomous vehicles, more efficient AR/VR headsets, or faster warehouse robots.

Enhancing the future of teaching and learning at MIT

The MIT Festival of Learning sparked discussions on better integrating a sense of purpose and social responsibility into hands-on education.

Biologists identify targets for new pancreatic cancer treatments

Their study yielded hundreds of “cryptic” peptides that are found only on pancreatic tumor cells and could be targeted by vaccines or engineered T cells.

NASA Solar Sail Technology Passes Crucial Deployment Test – NASA

By Wayne Smith In his youth, NASA technologist Les Johnson was riveted by the 1974 novel “The Mote in God’s Eye,” by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven, in which an alien spacecraft propelled by solar sails visits humanity. Today, Johnson and a NASA team are preparin…

Teaching a robot its limits, to complete open-ended tasks safely

The “PRoC3S” method helps an LLM create a viable action plan by testing each step in a simulation. This strategy could eventually aid in-home robots to complete more ambiguous chore requests.

Technicians Work to Prepare Europa Clipper for Propellant Loading – NASA

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission moves closer to launch as technicians worked on Wednesday, Sept. 11, inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to prepare the spacecraft for upcoming propellant loading at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  The sp…

Simons Center’s collaborative approach propels autism research, at MIT and beyond

Team-based targeted projects, multi-mentor fellowships ensure that scientists studying social cognition, behavior, and autism integrate multiple perspectives and approaches to pressing questions.

Liquid on Mars was not necessarily all water

New study proposes that some of the minerals seen on Mars today may have formed in liquid CO2 instead of water.

NASA-Derived Textiles are Touring France by Bike – NASA

During the Tour de France, athletes have to maintain a constant speed while bike riding for dozens of miles through cold rains and summer heat. These cyclists need gear that adapts to the different environments they encounter. One company is using a material with NASA o…

MIT researchers develop AI tool to improve flu vaccine strain selection

VaxSeer uses machine learning to predict virus evolution and antigenicity, aiming to make vaccine selection more accurate and less reliant on guesswork.

STEM Spotlight: Putnam City program helps students pursue careers in aviation

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math. This week, KOCO 5 Meteorologist Sabrina Bates went to Putnam City, where an aviation program is helping set students up for success. The program is helping to address a workforce gap in the industry. It is in it…

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