- Capturing cell growth in 3-D - MIT News
MIT spinout AIM Biotech has developed a microfluidics device that lets researchers co-culture multiple cell types in a 3-D hydrogel environment that mimics natural tissue, to more accurately study biological processes, such as cancer metastasis, and better capture how cancer cells react to chemotherapy agents
- Clip Financial Times New tools aim for nuanced analysis of academic . . .
Financial Times reporter Seb Murray highlights a new paper by Prof Roberto Rigobon and Research Scientist Florian Berg that explores why different ESG ratings can paint different pictures of the same company, finding that “measurement differences between rating agencies are the main source of divergence ” Murray notes that “by exposing these inconsistencies, the research highlights the
- Introducing the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium
The MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium is a collaboration between MIT, founding member companies, and researchers across disciplines who aim to develop open-source generative AI solutions, accelerating innovations in education, research, and industry
- How can India decarbonize its coal-dependent electric power system . . .
New research explores India’s options for cutting carbon emissions from its coal-dominated electric power system while also meeting increased future demand for electricity
- How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget . . .
When researchers are building large language models (LLMs), they aim to maximize performance under a particular computational and financial budget Since training a model can amount to millions of dollars, developers need to be judicious with cost-impacting decisions about, for instance, the model architecture, optimizers, and training datasets
- Explained: The 1. 5 C climate benchmark - MIT News
As more regions face extreme weather, MIT News explores the 1 5-degree benchmark for limiting the effects of climate change, including where the planet stands in relation to this threshold and what can be done at the global, regional, and personal level, to “keep 1 5 alive ”
- MIT startup has big plans to pull carbon from the air
Noya, a startup founded by MIT alumnus Josh Santos, has developed low-power, modular units that can be combined to create facilities for removing millions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
- Consortium including MIT awarded $110M national grant to promote . . .
MIT will also host AIM Photonics’ program in education and workforce development, which Kimerling will direct This will include developing educational materials — ranging from K-12 through continuing education — to prepare future employees for this emerging industry, including teaching on the design of integrated photonic devices
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