A boost for manufacturing – MIT Technology Review

For years, Suzanne Berger has been a leading advocate for US industry. Now she’s co-directing MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing, a platform to help the country make more goods.
For years, Suzanne Berger has been a leading advocate for US industry. Now she’s co-directing MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing, a platform to help the country make more goods.
In pet genetics, cancer research, and beyond, Charlie Lieu, MBA ’05, SM ’05, has spent her career harnessing massive data sets to make the world better for everyone.
MIT alumni are helping build a better MBTA— reshaping route planning, improving service, and supporting the workforce that keeps Greater Boston connected.
MIT pioneered the undergraduate research program in 1969. Today, research is an essential element of the undergrad experience at universities worldwide.
Aero-astro major Ezra Eyre ’26 spends a lot of time in MIT makerspaces—for classes, UROPs, the MIT Rocket Team, and sometimes, just for fun.
If you know of any MIT alumni making a difference in their corner of the planet, let us know. We always welcome your ideas for interesting stories about the MIT community.
Ranko Bon, PhD ’75, has posted five decades of his journal entries online. Now anyone can “converse” with him through a chatbot based on his writing. We had a go.
Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.
Anesthetizing the retina of a “lazy” eye for just two days can restore vision in mice.
Stimulating the liver to generate signals normally produced by the thymus can reverse age-related declines in T-cell populations.
Nanoparticles coated with the molecular sensors could be used in at-home diagnostics.
Therapeutic antibodies packaged into microparticles could be delivered with a standard syringe, avoiding the need for lengthy and often uncomfortable infusions.
The new design could be adapted to sort warehouse products, unload heavy cargo, or help lift patients out of bed.
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