Taking a moonshot at a rare childhood cancer
Team of researchers including MIT Professor Angela Koehler obtains $5.8 million grant to study fusion-positive alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.
Bendta Schroeder | Koch Institute | Nov. 20, 2019 | mit~6 mins
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J-PAL North America announces five new partnerships with state and local governments
New partners will work with J-PAL to develop rigorous evaluations of policies related to criminal justice, health, housing stability, and economic security.
J-PAL North America | Oct. 28, 2019 | mit~11 mins
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MIT.nano awards inaugural NCSOFT seed grants for gaming technologies
Five software and hardware projects will launch the MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program.
MIT.nano | Sept. 30, 2019 | mit~6 mins
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Empowering African farmers with data
Research from the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society aims to help African farmers increase their production and profits with better prediction.
Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society | May 30, 2019 | mit~6 mins
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Ultra-Quantum Matter research gets $8 million boost
MIT’s Senthil Todadri and Xiao-Gang Wen will study highly entangled quantum matter in a collaboration supported by the Simons Foundation.
Julia C. Keller | School of Science | May 29, 2019 | mit~5 mins
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MIT and U.S. Air Force sign agreement to launch AI Accelerator
New program will focus on rapid deployment of artificial intelligence innovations in operations, disaster response, and medical readiness.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | May 20, 2019 | mit~5 mins
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Advocating for federal research funding on Capitol Hill
Students and postdocs from MIT's Science Policy Initiative meet with lawmakers on Science-Engineering-Technology Congressional Visits Day 2019.
Science Policy Initiative | April 24, 2019 | mit~6 mins
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MIT faculty launch collaborations around the world
MISTI Global Seed Funds program awards another $2 million to researchers across the Institute.
MISTI | April 17, 2019 | mit~3 mins
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Center for Environmental Health Sciences announces 2019 call for pilot project proposals
Proposals are invited for basic and translational environmental health sciences research.
Amanda Tat | Center for Environmental Health Sciences | April 3, 2019 | mit~3 mins
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The power of play
Video game developer NCSOFT joins with MIT.nano to apply the language of gaming to technology research and education.
MIT.nano | April 3, 2019 | mit~5 mins
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