MIT students are hoping to bask in the limelight of the MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition as they move into the final round. One of seven finalist teams, SuperBright (also known as Advanced Photonic Solutions), shows off its flat panel display that provides 100-fold enhanced light intensity. The Sloan School students on the team are (left to right) Kenneth Parkhill, Stefan Schmitz and Luke Burns. The final awards will be held tonight in Kresge Auditorium at 7 p.m.
MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions has developed an electrically conductive firebrick that stores heat at high enough temperatures to power industrial processes.
By examining antigen architectures, MIT researchers built a therapeutic cancer vaccine that may improve tumor response to immune checkpoint blockade treatments.