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Three takes on tomorrow’s materials

Three takes on tomorrow’s materials

Lights, muscles, action Ritu Raman’s engineered muscle cells contract in response to light—and could lead to biologically based robots that ad...

GI trouble? Swallow this sensor.

GI trouble? Swallow this sensor.

About 35 million Americans suffer from digestive issues such as constipation, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and gastroparesis (partial stom...

Going digital makes aid programs more effective

Going digital makes aid programs more effe...

For years, the Indonesian government sent 10-kilo bags of rice to villages, where local leaders were supposed to distribute them to poor resid...

‘Mother of all of us’

‘Mother of all of us’

Priscilla King Gray, the wife of former MIT president Paul Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60, and cofounder of the MIT Public Service Center (since re...

Helping cities build community

Helping cities build community

Owiso Makuku, MArch ’99, MCP ’99, knows what it means to stand out. Opinionated, driven, and half Kenyan, half Jewish, Makuku has long navigat...

Reframing ageism

Reframing ageism

Among the Ojibwe of North America, an older person is referred to as a “great person” and young people are taught not to answer back when chas...

The preschool boost

The preschool boost

Children who attend preschool at age four are significantly more likely to go to college, according to an empirical study led by MIT economist...

Binance.US backs out of $1B Voyager asset purchase, blames regulatory environment

Binance.US backs out of $1B Voyager asset ...

The parties got the go-ahead on the deal last week, after overcoming several objections. Binance.US did not say what compelled it to change it...

Bitcoin’s price is down 10% — New bear market or correction?

Bitcoin’s price is down 10% — New bear mar...

On this week’s episode of The Market Report, Cointelegraph’s resident expert discusses if the latest price of Bitcoin is a sign of a new bear ...