CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * With $45 million in support from the Stanton Foundation, the program will expand its longstanding leadership in a critical area of global security. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News MIT's Security Studies Program has received a $45 million gift from The Stanton Foundation to expand its leading work on the vital issue of global nuclear security. The support will allow the  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news release: Higher exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) during infancy was associated with lower economic earnings in adulthood in a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and European University of Rome. The association was most pronounced in the midwestern and southern U.S. "This s  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Faculty members granted tenure in anthropology; comparative media studies/writing; philosophy; political science; and science, technology, and society. * * * In 2024, eight faculty were granted tenure in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. They include the following: * Dwaipayan Banerjee is an associate professor in the Program in Science, Technology  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- Mercer University issued the following news: By Andrea Honaker A prestigious fellowship is helping a Mercer University professor to expand upon research exploring the literary and emotional history of Civil War soldiers and their families. Dr. Sarah Gardner, Distinguished University Professor of History, is the recipient of the 2024-25 Loring Fellowship on the Civil War, Its Origins and Consequences. Awarded to only one scholar each year, the fellowship   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The researchers identified an atomic-level interaction that prevents peptide bonds from being broken down by water. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News Collagen, a protein found in bones and connective tissue, has been found in dinosaur fossils as old as 195 million years. That far exceeds the normal half-life of the peptide bonds that hold proteins together, which is about   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Through MIT's 2N Program and the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, active duty naval officers gain the technical skills they need to lead projects in the Navy. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News Designing a ship or submarine for the U.S. Navy requires an understanding of naval architecture, hydrodynamics, electrical and structural engineering, materials science, and more. That's why the Navy wo  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The MIT Electric Vehicle Team, Sustainable Engine Team, Solar Electric Vehicle Team, Motorsports Team, First Nations Launch Team, and Arcturus are each doing their part to improve the health of our planet. * * * By Sonny Oram, Edgerton Center Climate anxiety affects nearly half of young people aged 16-25. Students like second-year Rachel Mohammed find hope and inspirati  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A by Richard Teague, the Kerr-McGee career development professor: * * * Assistant Professor Richard Teague describes how movement of unstable gas in a protoplanetary disk lends credibility to a secondary theory of planetary formation. * * * Exoplanets form in protoplanetary disks, a collection of space dust and gas orbiting a star. The leading theory of planetary formation, called   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * "ScribblePrompt" is an interactive AI framework that can efficiently highlight anatomical structures across different medical scans, assisting medical workers to delineate regions of interest and abnormalities. * * * By Alex Shipps, MIT CSAIL To the untrained eye, a medical image like an MRI or X-ray appears to be a murky collection of black-and-white blobs. It can be a  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Physicists capture images of ultracold atoms flowing freely, without friction, in an exotic "edge state." * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Typically, electrons are free agents that can move through most metals in any direction. When they encounter an obstacle, the charged particles experience friction and scatter randomly like colliding billiard balls. But in certain exo  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * PhD student Oscar Molina seeks new ways to assemble proteins into targeted cancer therapies, while also encouraging his fellow first-generation graduate students. * * * By Austin Chen, MIT News correspondent Like many children of first-generation immigrants, Oscar Molina grew up feeling like he had two career choices: doctor or lawyer. He seemed destined for the former as  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT researchers investigate the neural circuits that underlie placebos' ability to relieve chronic and acute pain. * * * By Jennifer Michalowski, McGovern Institute for Brain Research Placebos are inert treatments, generally not expected to impact biological pathways or improve a person's physical health. But time and again, some patients report that they feel better aft  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT PhD student Allan Shtofenmakher wants to keep space sustainable. * * * By Christine Thielman, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Asked to describe his work for a lay audience, Allan Shtofenmakher responds with an unexpected question: "Have you ever seen the movie 'Wall-E?'" Recalling that the 2008 Disney-Pixar movie's view of Earth from space was "brown and du  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Lightwave electronics aim to integrate optical and electronic systems at incredibly high speeds, leveraging the ultrafast oscillations of light fields. * * * Imagine how a phone call works: Your voice is converted into electronic signals, shifted up to higher frequencies, transmitted over long distances, and then shifted back down so it can be heard clearly on the other e  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Membranes based on natural silk and cellulose can remove many contaminants, including "forever chemicals" and heavy metals. * * * By David L. Chandler, MIT News Water contamination by the chemicals used in today's technology is a rapidly growing problem globally. A recent study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control found that 98 percent of people tested had detectable   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * For Sarah Sterling, the new director of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy facility at MIT.nano, better planning and more communication leads to better science. * * * By Nikole Fendler, Department of Biology Sarah Sterling, director of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy, or Cryo-EM, core facility, often compares her job to running a small business. Each day brings a unique set of jo  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Members of MIT's School of Engineering were honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence in the spring of 2024. * * * Faculty, researchers, and staff receive many external awards throughout the year. The School of Engineering periodically highlights the honors, prizes, and medals won by community members working in academic departments, lab  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The spending increases were particularly pronounced for businesses within 100 yards of charging stations, and for businesses in low-income areas. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News Charging stations for electric vehicles are essential for cleaning up the transportation sector. A new study by MIT researchers suggests they're good for business, too. The study found that, in Cali  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * New STUDIO.nano supports artistic research and encounters within MIT.nano's facilities. * * * By Amanda Stoll DiCristofaro, MIT.nano The MIT community and visitors have a new reason to drop by MIT.nano: six artworks by Brazilian artist and sculptor Denise Milan. Located in the open-air stairway connecting the first- and second-floor galleries within the nanoscience and   more

OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 10 -- Weber State University issued the following news: To celebrate Constitution Day, Weber State University's Olene S. Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service welcomes guest speaker Glenn Loury. Loury is a Merton P. Stoltz Professor of Economics at Brown University. He holds a B.A. in mathematics from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As an economic theorist, he has published widely and lectured throughou  more