Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87, an inventor and parallel entrepreneur with a penchant for bold ideas, will…
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Five high schoolers awarded MIT OMEGA scholarships for intergenerational efforts
The MIT AgeLab awards annual scholarships to high school students who lead or develop intergenerational programs…
Future science at the molecular level
Innovating at the intersection of chemistry, biology, and engineering, Professor Brad Pentelute and the Pentelute Lab…
New test may predict Covid-19 immunity
Most people in the United States have some degree of immune protection against Covid-19, either from…
The race is on for the world’s first electric air taxi
An Indian startup has joined the race to fly the world’s first electric air taxi. In…
Pfizer to offer drugs at not-for-profit prices in low income countries
Pfizer, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, has announced that it will be providing nearly…
How much blame for global vaccine inequity should the WTO bear?
In November 2020, only eight months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared covid-19 a pandemic,…
Has remote work made conference tables obsolete?
Out with the giant conference table, in with the big screen. The traditional layout of meeting…
Advocating for vaccine equity
When Digbijay Mahat arrived at MIT in 2017 to begin his postdoctoral studies, he had one…