In his study, Alex Kachkine, SM ’23, presents a new method he’s developed that involves printing the restoration on a very thin polymer film that can be carefully aligned with a painting and adhered to it or easily removed. As a…
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Infinite Threads | MIT Technology Review
Textiles account for 5% of landfill space—and clothing made with polyester can take up to 200 years to decompose. Massachusetts tackled the problem by banning disposal of clothing and fabrics in 2022. And Infinite Threads, a spinoff of the
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MIT is worth fighting for
As I write in late July, we’re contending with a major tax increase on the annual returns from MIT’s endowment as well as other investments and assets. This new tax burden will strain the resources we use to support research, innovation, and…
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Junior Peña, neutrino hunter | MIT Technology Review
After his independent study helped Peña pass AP calculus as a junior, his fascination with physics led him to the University of Southern California, the 2019 session of MIT’s Summer Research Program, and then MIT for grad school. Today,…
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Reimagining sound and space | MIT Technology Review
“It would be very difficult to teach biology or engineering in a studio designed for dance or music,” Jay Scheib, section head for Music and Theater Arts, told MIT News shortly before the building officially opened. “The same goes for…
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Mapping Stellar Spots to Refine the Hunt for Alien Atmospheres
What can sunspots on other stars teach astronomers about exoplanet atmospheres? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated a novel…
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Inside NASA’s New Orion Mission Evaluation Room for Artemis II
As NASA’s Orion spacecraft is carrying crew around the Moon on the Artemis II mission, a team of expert engineers in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will be meticulously monitoring the spacecraft along its…
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WISPIT 2b: Astronomers make ‘completely unexpected’ discovery of new planet
An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of
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SpaceX launches Earth-observation satellite for Luxembourg and 7 other satellites to orbit (video)
SpaceX launched a new Earth-observation satellite along with several smaller spacecraft from California on Tuesday (Aug. 26).
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying Luxembourg’s National Advanced Optical System (NAOS) spacecraft lifted off on Tuesday at 2:53…
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Scientists Reconstruct Mesozoic Carbon Dioxide Levels and Photosynthesis from Dinosaur Tooth Enamel
The atmosphere of Earth during the Mesozoic era, between 252 and 66 million years ago, contained far more carbon dioxide than it does today and total photosynthesis from plants around the world was twice as high as it is today, according to an…
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