Protein study could help researchers develop new antibiotics

Researchers created a water-soluble version of an important bacterial enzyme, which can now be used in drug screens to identify new antibiotics.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
yesterday ~7 min

Mouth-based touchpad enables people living with paralysis to interact with computers

The startup Augmental allows users to operate phones and other devices using their tongue, mouth, and head gestures.

Zach Winn | MIT News • mit
June 5, 2024 ~8 min


UK cities need greener new builds – and more of them

Access to nature is provenly beneficial. Yet the UK’s urban green spaces are poorly funded and are vulnerable to local government budget cuts.

Peter Larkham, Professor of Planning, Birmingham City University • conversation
June 4, 2024 ~8 min

Ultrasound offers a new way to perform deep brain stimulation

MIT engineers’ new implantable device could become an alternative to the electrodes now used to treat Parkinson’s and other diseases.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
June 4, 2024 ~7 min

New MIT-LUMA Lab created to address climate challenges in the Mediterranean region

Collaborative scholarship and research will draw on conservation, design, and technology.

School of Architecture and Planning • mit
May 29, 2024 ~7 min

MIT scientists learn how to control muscles with light

A new study suggests optogenetics can drive muscle contraction with greater control and less fatigue than electrical stimulation.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
May 22, 2024 ~7 min

Five ways to keep towns cool in a heatwave

From special paving to green walls, the recent Cool Towns project highlights the best ways to protect urban areas, and the people living there, from the effects of heatwaves.

Debbie Bartlett, Professor of Environmental Conservation, University of Greenwich • conversation
May 20, 2024 ~7 min

How AI might shape LGBTQIA+ advocacy

New “AI Comes Out of the Closet” system seeks to merge artificial intelligence and LGBTQIA+ support.

David Sweeney | Media Lab • mit
May 7, 2024 ~11 min


HPI-MIT design research collaboration creates powerful teams

Together, the Hasso Plattner Institute and MIT are working toward novel solutions to the world’s problems as part of the Designing for Sustainability research program.

MIT Morningside Academy for Design • mit
May 3, 2024 ~15 min

To tackle climate change Labour must rebuild the planning system – not ‘bulldoze’ it

Public goods like clean air and a stable climate demand more democratic planning, not less.

Gareth Fearn, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Manchester • conversation
April 25, 2024 ~8 min

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