Extreme weather has already cost vulnerable island nations $141 billion – or about $2,000 per person

Around 38% of these costs can be attributed to climate change – new study.

Vikrant Panwar, Senior Climate and Disaster Risk Finance Specialist, ODI • conversation
Nov. 6, 2024 ~7 min

Extreme weather has already cost vulnerable island nations US$141 billion – and 38% is attributable to climate change

We have tracked the rising costs of climate-induced extreme weather in vulnerable island nations.

Vikrant Panwar, Senior Climate and Disaster Risk Finance Specialist, ODI • conversation
Nov. 6, 2024 ~7 min


Artificial intelligence meets “blisk” in new DARPA-funded collaboration

Collaborative multi-university team will pursue new AI-enhanced design tools and high-throughput testing methods for next-generation turbomachinery.

Janine Liberty | Anne Wilson | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Department of Mechanical Engineering • mit
Oct. 8, 2024 ~4 min

Trump and Harris are sharply divided on science, but share common ground on US technology policy

Based on federal budgeting requests from the past 2 administrations, Trump and Harris placed different values on science research funding.

Kenneth Evans, Scholar in Science and Technology Policy, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University • conversation
Oct. 8, 2024 ~9 min

Early career researchers win major European funding

Nine Cambridge researchers are among the latest recipients of highly competitive and prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 5, 2024 ~4 min

Federal funding for major science agencies is at a 25-year low

Research funding is down in recent years despite promises made with the CHIPS and Science Act.

Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona • conversation
June 28, 2024 ~9 min

Advocating for science funding on Capitol Hill

During the MIT Science Policy Initiative’s Congressional Visit Days, PhD students and postdocs met with legislators to share expertise and advocate for science agency funding.

Hannah Jane LeBlanc | Science Policy Initiative • mit
June 5, 2024 ~4 min

Understanding why autism symptoms sometimes improve amid fever

With support from The Marcus Foundation, an MIT neuroscientist and a Harvard Medical School immunologist will study the “fever effect” in an effort to devise therapies that mimic its beneficial effects.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
May 23, 2024 ~7 min


Two MIT teams selected for NSF sustainable materials grants

Chosen from 16 finalist teams, the MIT-led projects will investigate quantum topological materials and sustainable microchip production.

David L. Chandler | Elizabeth A. Thomson | MIT News | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
April 25, 2024 ~11 min

MIT announces 2024 Bose Grants

The grants fund studies of green hydrogen production, fetal health-sensing fabric, basalt architecture, and shark-based ocean monitoring.

Becky Ham | Office of the Provost • mit
April 24, 2024 ~8 min

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