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    Does the ocean know how to cure cancer? Inspired by how mollusks grow their shells, Angela Belcher is developing a new way to help detect and treat cancer earlier. #CuriosityOnAMi…

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    President Sally Kornbluth and a number of MIT faculty, students, and alumni are featured in @sciam “The Young American Scientists” issue, which highlights early career researchers…

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    In honor of the holiday weekend commemorating 250 years of independence, here are 10 free MIT courses to spark your curiosity about the origins of the American Revolution.

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    For 250 years, discovery, courage, and tenacity have driven this country forward and will continue to. From medicine to infrastructure to breakthroughs we can't yet imagine, scien…

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    Did you know these fun facts about MIT? 🧵(1/6)

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    Some of the most important things in life feel ordinary, until you stop and think about what makes them possible. A cure. A car. A comet. Someone right now is chasing answers to q…

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    MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit involved in processing new information that may be linked to schizophrenia, offering insight into why some individuals lose tou…

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    Over the past decade, MIT engineers have been working on ways to restore hepatocyte function without a surgical liver transplant. Injectable “satellite livers” could offer an alte…

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    Data centers are projected to account for anywhere from 9 to 17 percent of total electricity usage in the U.S. by the end of the decade. Today, around a third of data center elect…

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    How can we recreate the power of the sun? That question started as a class project for Zach Hartwig and led to one of science’s biggest challenges. Today he and his team at Common…

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    Every year, about 85,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer. While treatment is often successful, bladder cancer has one of the highest rates of recurrence of any cancer.…

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    A newspaper essay about the president’s uncle, MIT Prof. John G. Trump, tells the extraordinary history of his role in D-Day. But there is much more to the story. We’d like to sha…

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    “Congratulations – and warmest best wishes to you for a happy life and fulfilling career!” Sally Kornbluth to the Class of 2026.

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    “Curiosity is the force that transforms deadly cancers into treatable conditions… that turns fusion energy from a dream to a reality…that uncovers new ways to grow more food using…

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    MIT President Sally Kornbluth to the Class of 2026.

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    “People with a sense of purpose. Judgment. Courage. People who look at a hard problem and say: I know this is important, and we can figure this out. That is exactly who you have b…

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    Lisa Su ’90, SM ’91, PhD ’94 to the Class of 2026, “Run toward the hardest problems. Hard problems teach you what you're capable of.”

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    We honor the women and men who died while serving in the country's armed forces. #MemorialDay

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    Steel developed at MIT is key to Formula One, Baja 1000, and MIT Motorsports

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    Science is Curiosity on a Mission: It includes all of us who ask "why" and make it our mission to find out. These are the discoveries that move the country forward. The pursuit of…

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    The Millennium Falcon came for some upgrades. Happy Star Wars Day, everyone! #Maythe4thbewithyou

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    Birders, this one’s for you. 🐦 Written for birders and the bird‑curious (no engineering background required!), “Birds Up Close,” by MIT professor Lorna J. Gibson, blends materials…

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    The cancer immunotherapy saving lives today? It started 30-40 years ago with scientists just following their curiosity. President Sally Kornbluth joined Lizzie O’Leary of Slate’s…

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    A new method developed by MIT researchers can accelerate a privacy-preserving artificial intelligence training method by about 81 percent. This advance could enable a wider array…