Improving US air quality, equitably

Study finds climate policy alone cannot meaningfully reduce racial/economic disparities in air pollution exposure.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Sept. 27, 2023 ~5 min

How to keep people out of the emergency room

Help for immigrants in arranging primary care visits leads to substantial drop in ER visits and costs, a new study shows.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
Sept. 19, 2023 ~6 min


Desert dust storms carry human-made toxic pollutants, and the health risk extends indoors

Desert dust storms are increasingly picking up materials like sewage, herbicides and other human-made waste and transporting them on tiny particles that are easy to inhale.

Fatin Samara, Professor of Environmental Science, American University of Sharjah • conversation
Sept. 18, 2023 ~9 min

How an archeological approach can help leverage biased data in AI to improve medicine

Although computer scientists may initially treat data bias and error as a nuisance, researchers argue it’s a hidden treasure trove for reflecting societal values.

Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health • mit
Sept. 13, 2023 ~9 min

How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19? 4 questions answered

Researchers still don’t know how well BA.2.86 will evade immunity or whether it will cause more severe disease than its predecessors.

Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Professor and Department Chair of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Sept. 12, 2023 ~8 min

Healthy lifestyle can help prevent depression – and new research may explain why

A healthy lifestyle that involves moderate alcohol consumption, a healthy diet, regular physical activity, healthy sleep and frequent social connection, while

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 11, 2023 ~7 min

MIT engineers design more powerful RNA vaccines

The new approach could lead to intranasal vaccines for Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Sept. 7, 2023 ~8 min

50 years after the Bunker Hill mine fire caused one of the largest lead-poisoning cases in US history, Idaho's Silver Valley is still at risk

A fire and decades of silver and lead mining created the largest contiguous Superfund site in the nation in what today is one of the fastest-growing states. It includes popular Lake Coeur d’Alene.

Martin Schiavenato, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Gonzaga University • conversation
Aug. 30, 2023 ~11 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

Tiny magnetic beads produce an optical signal that could be used to quickly detect pathogens

The findings point to faster way to detect bacteria in food, water, and clinical samples.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Aug. 25, 2023 ~7 min

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