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mSurvey uses text message-based surveys to gather purchasing behavior of people living in previously hard-to-reach communities in Kenya, the Philippines, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and other locations in Africa and the Caribbean. In return for their feedback, participants receive mobile money.

Illuminating the developing world’s “invisible” consumers

Texting-based surveys capture purchasing and behavior data from people living in remote areas.

June 21, 2017

Researchers at MIT and other institutions have devised a way to boost the quality of low-resolution patient MRI scans so they can be used for large-scale studies. Images produced by their algorithm, shown in the center column, are much closer to high-resolution scans shown in the right column. In the left column are images produced by a different technique for improving low-resolution scans.

New technique makes brain scans better

Boosting quality of patient MRIs could enable large-scale studies of stroke outcome.

June 20, 2017

“Investing in clean energy, for instance, can create jobs, help the environment, and reduce health costs for a broader range of the population,” says MIT professor Mariana Arcaya.

3 Questions: Mariana Arcaya on the drivers of health inequality

MIT professor wants public health advocates to think big about future trends.

June 6, 2017

MIT researchers are developing a new surgical approach that would allow amputees to receive sensory feedback from their prosthetic limbs and improve their ability to control them.

Making prosthetic limbs feel more natural

Muscle grafts could help amputees sense and control artificial limbs.

May 31, 2017

MIT Corporation life member and biotech pioneer Henri Termeer dies at 71

Termeer built Genzyme from a startup into a biotech powerhouse, while becoming an innovator in rare-disease drug development.

May 17, 2017

A new study, performed at MIT Medical, shows that most parents were able to successfully perform the Streptococcus (“strep throat”) test on their children.

Home strep test could save time and money

Study at MIT Medical finds most parents are capable of performing the test.

May 10, 2017

WiGait uses wireless signals to continuously measure a person's walking speed, which may help predict cognitive and motor function decline, and even certain cardiac or pulmonary diseases.

Detecting walking speed with wireless signals

By measuring this emerging vital sign, CSAIL system could help monitor and diagnose health issues like cognitive decline and cardiac disease.

May 1, 2017

Richard Fletcher, research scientist in the MIT D-Lab

Revolutionizing global health

In more than 20 years working on wireless sensors and radio frequency identification (RFID), Richard Fletcher has produced several startups and over a dozen patents.

April 26, 2017

MIT Title IX Office Director Sarah Rankin addresses the 2017 Change Makers Awards ceremony held on April 11.

MIT community members honored for work to prevent sexual misconduct

MIT Violence Prevention and Response and Title IX Office recognize students, faculty, and staff with 2017 Change Makers Awards.

April 26, 2017

MIT graduate student Tonghan Gu (right) works with technicians at a facility in Vasai, India, to produce a batch of ready-to-use therapeutic food in powdered form. The formula he has developed uses local ingredients to make it more appealing to children.

Fighting child malnutrition with nanoscience

New research on ready-to-use therapeutic food seeks drastic reduction in fatalities from severe acute malnutrition in India.

April 21, 2017

Center for Environmental Health Sciences announces 2017 call for pilot project proposals

Proposals are invited for basic and translational environmental health sciences research.

April 18, 2017

MIT Professor Tyler Jacks, director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, recently testified before a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled, “Federally Funded Cancer Research: Coordination and Innovation.” He is seen here presenting recommendations from the Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel report to the National Cancer Advisory Board in Septem...

Tyler Jacks: NIH budget cuts would have “devastating” effects on progress against cancer

Koch Institute director advocates support for biomedical research in testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

April 10, 2017

A new safety test for foodborne pathogens is based on a novel type of liquid droplet that can bind to bacterial proteins. This interaction, which can be detected by either the naked eye or a smartphone, could offer a much faster and cheaper alternative to existing food safety tests.

New technology could offer cheaper, faster food testing

Specialized droplets interact with bacteria and can be analyzed using a smartphone.

April 5, 2017

Collaborative research by Bradley Pentelute, the Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Associate Professor in Chemistry, and scientists at UCLA and Harvard Medical School, used cryo-electron microscopy to understand the mechanisms behind anthrax bacteria toxin delivery system (shown here).

MIT receives $7.5 million to enhance structural biology research

Beckman Foundation grant helps secure cryo-electron microscopy at MIT.nano facility.

April 4, 2017

Researchers have developed a rubber-like fiber, shown here, that can flex and stretch while simultaneously delivering both optical impulses, for optoelectronic stimulation, and electrical connections, for stimulation and monitoring.

Stretching the boundaries of neural implants

Rubbery, multifunctional fibers could be used to study spinal cord neurons and potentially restore function.

March 31, 2017

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