Space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on March 15 with pilot Dominic Antonelli '89 at the controls. Discovery's crew will deliver and assemble the final solar array to the International Space Station. Antonelli will join fellow classmate Michael Fincke '89, who is commander of the Expedition 18 crew already on board the space station.
For the past 50 years, the Coast Guard has nominated a senior officer to apply to the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA program. “When you leave MIT Sloan, you want to change the world,” says one alumnus.
By sidestepping the need for costly interventions, a new method could potentially reveal gene regulatory programs, paving the way for targeted treatments.
A new design tool uses UV and RGB lights to change the color and textures of everyday objects. The system could enable surfaces to display dynamic patterns, such as health data and fashion designs.