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Three from MIT elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2022
Three from MIT elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2022

Faculty members Angela Belcher, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Ronitt Rubinfeld elected by peers for outstanding contributions to research.

Connecting MIT students with women leading in semiconductors
Connecting MIT students with women leading in semiconductors

Global Semiconductor Alliance’s Women’s Leadership Initiative highlights career opportunities for women in hard technology.

Featured video: In service of the nation
Featured video: In service of the nation

Members of MIT’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program reflect on challenges and benefits of being an ROTC cadet and an MIT student.

Technique protects privacy when making online recommendations
Technique protects privacy when making online recommendations

Researchers devise an efficient protocol to keep a user’s private information secure when algorithms use it to recommend products, songs, or shows.

Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate electricity
Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate electricity

Engineers have developed a glucose power source that could fuel miniature implants and sensors.

Five from MIT Named 2022 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Five from MIT Named 2022 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Fellowship funds graduate studies at Stanford University.

MIT expands research collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build net energy fusion machine, SPARC
MIT expands research collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build net energy fusion machine, SPARC

New five-year agreement will support SPARC science, increase graduate students and postdocs, and support interdisciplinary work toward fusion power plants.

MIT class journeys to fascinating places where mechanical engineering affects biology
MIT class journeys to fascinating places where mechanical engineering affects biology

For students in 2.788 (Mechanical Engineering and Design of Living Systems), newly discovered phenomena present opportunities for exploration and discovery.

Study finds cells take out the trash before they divide
Study finds cells take out the trash before they divide

Cells may use this strategy to clear out toxic byproducts and give their offspring a clean slate.

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