Inflammation and poverty combo spikes mortality risk

People with chronic inflammation who live in poverty have an increased risk of dying from heart disease and cancer, researchers find.

Jill Pease-Florida • futurity
Jan. 19, 2024 • ~6 min

K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research Center will prioritize innovations for resource-constrained communities

Collaborative hub founded by philanthropist Lisa Yang will catalyze academic innovation and result in real-world, global impact.

Department of Mechanical Engineering • mit
Jan. 17, 2024 • ~8 min

US poverty has declined in recent years, even with the pandemic

Even through the pandemic, poverty has fallen by 27 percentage points since 1980, according to new research.

Tracy DeStazio-Notre Dame • futurity
Jan. 10, 2024 • ~6 min

Does “food as medicine” make a big dent in diabetes?

Study of rigorous trial shows mixed results, suggests need to keep examining how nutrition can combat a pervasive disease.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
Dec. 27, 2023 • ~7 min

How AI 'sees' the world – what happened when we trained a deep learning model to identify poverty

Researchers fed an advanced AI algorithm with satellite photographs to see if it could identify areas of poverty and it interpreted the data through abstract images.

Thorsteinn Rögnvaldsson, Professor, School of Information Technology, Halmstad University • conversation
Nov. 27, 2023 • ~8 min

Rewarding excellence in open data

MIT researchers who share their data recognized at second annual awards celebration.

Brigham Fay | MIT Libraries • mit
Nov. 16, 2023 • ~7 min

Why heating your home this winter may be even harder than last year

Time is running out to ensure that people in fuel poverty can afford to keep warm this winter.

Neil Simcock, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
Oct. 17, 2023 • ~8 min

J-PAL North America and Results for America announce 18 collaborations with state and local governments

Organizations will support government agencies in using evidence to advance economic mobility and racial equity in the wake of Covid-19.

Mera Cronbaugh | J-PAL North America • mit
Sept. 29, 2023 • ~7 min

The US committed to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, but like other countries, it's struggling to make progress

Halfway to the SDGs’ 2030 deadline, countries have made progress, but most are struggling to meet all 17 goals. The US is no exception.

John Dernbach, Professor of Law Emeritus, Widener University • conversation
Sept. 6, 2023 • ~9 min

New clean air and water labs to bring together researchers, policymakers to find climate solutions

Labs in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia will be led by J-PAL with support from Community Jameel.

Sarah DiCioccio | Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) • mit
Aug. 29, 2023 • ~5 min

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