Making data-informed Covid-19 testing plans

A new web-friendly modeling tool helps organizations build tailored Covid-19 testing strategies that can save money and reduce coronavirus spread.

---

covid-19 pandemic data research mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs idss health-sciences-and-technology analytics mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing

Building machines that better understand human goals

A new algorithm capable of inferring goals and plans could help machines better adapt to the imperfect nature of human planning.

---

machine-learning artificial-intelligence research school-of-engineering school-of-science electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology algorithms brain-and-cognitive-sciences computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing

“SCOUT” helps researchers find, quantify significant differences among organoids

Unbiased, high-throughput analysis pipeline improves utility of “minibrains” for understanding development and diseases such as Zika infection.

---

stem-cells medicine neuroscience imaging research cells school-of-engineering school-of-science brain-and-cognitive-sciences national-institutes-of-health-nih institute-for-medical-engineering-and-science-imes picower-institute chemical-engineering

An LED that can be integrated directly into computer chips

The advance could cut production costs and reduce the size of microelectronics for sensing and communication.

---

semiconductors electronics photonics research school-of-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs research-laboratory-of-electronics mobile-devices mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing

SpaceX Starship prototype exploded, but it's still a giant leap towards Mars

Starship's groundbreaking design will help it land safely on Mars one day.

---

engineering mars moon space-exploration spacex rocket-science aerodynamics

Model could help determine quarantine measures needed to reduce Covid-19’s spread

A key finding: Early reopening last spring led to a dramatic drop in “quarantine strength” in southern and west-central U.S. states.

---

machine-learning mathematics artificial-intelligence covid-19 pandemic disease research mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering school-of-science technology-and-society disaster-response

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.

---

environment agriculture food plants research sensors school-of-engineering nanoscience-and-nanotechnology chemical-engineering singapore-mit-alliance-for-research-and-technology-smart

A cool advance in thermoelectric conversion

A quantum effect in topological semimetals demonstrated by MIT researchers could allow for the utilization of an untapped energy source.

---

physics semiconductors electronics quantum-mechanics research school-of-engineering school-of-science materials-science-and-engineering nuclear-science-and-engineering department-of-energy-doe thermoelectricity

Researchers find a better way to design metal alloys

System uses machine learning to analyze boundaries between crystal grains, allowing for selection of desired properties in a new metal.

---

research school-of-engineering nanoscience-and-nanotechnology materials-science-and-engineering dmse department-of-energy-doe

SMART researchers use lysins to selectively target bacteria

The discovery can help to cure bacterial infections without inducing resistance or causing harm to good bacteria.

---

health medicine public-health bacteria health-care antibiotics pharmaceuticals disease research drug-development school-of-engineering biological-engineering health-sciences-and-technology drug-delivery bioengineering-and-biotechnology singapore-mit-alliance-for-research-and-technology-smart