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Targeted lipid nanoparticles (teal) deliver mRNA (coral) to NK cells (orange) to enable tumor targeting; blue structures depict surface proteins, the pink cell represents a tumor cell, and red discs are red blood cells.

Reprogrammed NK immune cells target cancer and autoimmune disorders

3 Questions: What is the best path forward for AI in academia?

A new technique significantly improves weather forecasting beyond two weeks. The researchers developed a machine-learning model that learns to correct errors in existing forecasting models to improve their output over the two-to-six-week time frame, including for extreme weather events.

Researchers improve weather forecasts looking two to six weeks out

Students taking 6.C31 (Hack Yourself) collect more than 60 Intention cards through the semester, commemorating their learning. “The idea grew out of a basic problem with experiential courses: knowledge alone usually doesn’t create behavior change,” say the instructors. “Students can hear a great idea in class and still never apply it afterward. We wanted an artifact that would outlive the semester.”

Supporting systems of success

Friends, family, and colleagues gathered at the MIT Chapel on Sept. 24 to remember Thomas Rose, an MIT assistant professor who died Sept. 2 following a bicycle crash.

MIT remembers Thomas Rose, a brilliant researcher and generous colleague

“In physical therapy, you often need to gather patient data on how they are moving and stretching their arm during rehabilitation. Surface shape sensing could be very useful in that way,” says graduate student Qifan Yu.

Shape-sensing sheet digitally tracks its movement as it bends and twists