Your body naturally produces opioids without causing addiction or overdose – studying how this process works could help reduce the side effects of opioid drugs

Unlike opioid drugs like morphine and fentanyl that travel throughout the body, the opioids your body produces are released in small quantities to specific locations.

John Michael Streicher, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of Arizona • conversation
May 30, 2023 • ~7 min

Toward more flexible and rapid prototyping of electronic devices

FlexBoard is a flexible breadboard that enables rapid prototyping of objects with interactive sensors, actuators, and displays on curved and deformable surfaces.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
May 18, 2023 • ~7 min

The struggle to design green buildings amid shifting legal, tech landscape

GSD Associate Professor Holly Samuelson explains how climate change is catalyzing dramatic new city and state regulations as architects, designers, and developers are struggling to stay current.

Christina Pazzanese • harvard
May 10, 2023 • ~11 min

Open-source platform simulates wildlife for soft robotics designers

SoftZoo is a soft robot co-design platform that can test optimal shapes and sizes for robotic performance in different environments.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
May 2, 2023 • ~8 min

Can medical TV dramas make difference in public health?

Two physician-writers who've worked on series like "ER," "SVU," and "New Amsterdam" discuss medium’s power to educate.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
April 19, 2023 • ~6 min

A design tool to democratize the art of color-changing mosaics

Computational tool from MIT CSAIL enables color-changing cellulose-based designs for data visualization, education, fashion, and more.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
March 23, 2023 • ~5 min

Building better brain collaboration online – despite scientific squabbles, the decade-long Human Brain Project brought measurable success to neuroscience collaboration

The European Union’s 10-year Human Brain Project is coming to a close. Whether this controversial 1 billion-euro project achieved its aims is unclear, but its online forum did foster collaboration.

Ann-Christin Kreyer, Ph.D. Candidate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition • conversation
March 22, 2023 • ~10 min

Fiber “barcodes” can make clothing labels that last

Drawing inspiration from butterfly wings, reflective fibers woven into clothing could reshape textile sorting and recycling.

Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
March 21, 2023 • ~6 min

Animal architecture: why we need to design buildings for wildlife as well as people

Our lives are intertwined with animals, insects and birds – we should consider them more when we design our cities.

Paul Dobraszczyk, Lecturer in Architecture, UCL • conversation
March 2, 2023 • ~6 min

Integrating humans with AI in structural design

A process that seeks feedback from human specialists proves more effective at optimization than automated systems working alone.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
March 2, 2023 • ~7 min

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