System can sterilize medical tools using solar heat
Device could provide pressurized steam to run autoclaves without the need for electricity in off-grid areas.
India’s culture of coping with cancer
Dwaipayan Banerjee’s new book examines the psychological and social terrain of living with cancer in a country where the disease has long been downplayed.
3 Questions: Enabling informed migration in India
DUSP alumni Rushil Palavajjhala and Jacob Kohn empower vulnerable workers using social entrepreneurial and technical skills gained at MIT.
Covid-19 shutdown led to increased solar power output
As the air cleared after lockdowns, solar installations in Delhi produced 8 percent more power, study shows.
At home and abroad with MISTI 2020
MISTI’s popular programs adapt to changing global circumstances in the wake of Covid-19.
Study sheds light on a classic visual illusion
Neuroscientists delve into how background brightness influences our perception of an object.
Remembering Kenneth Keniston, founder of the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society
Longtime professor played a major role in encouraging MIT to ask new questions that significantly broadened the Institute’s educational mission.
Instrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water
Whisk-shaped device absorbs trace contaminants, preserves them in dry state that can be shipped to labs for analysis.
Blood and politics in India
New book explores the use of blood in political rhetoric, imagery, and activism, and even the politics of blood drives.
A new way to irrigate crops year-round
Startup Khethworks is deploying solar-powered pumps to help poor farmers in India irrigate crops all year long.
Making buildings from industrial waste
Following a successful project creating bricks from pulp plant waste in northern India, Elsa Olivetti is looking for ways to repurpose slag produced by the metals industry.
Bringing figures in anticolonial politics out of the shadows
MIT historian Sana Aiyar sheds new light on the complexities of independence movements and global migration.
MIT economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee win Nobel Prize
Professors share prize with Michael Kremer of Harvard University, are cited for breakthrough antipoverty work.
Tracing the origins of air pollutants in India
MIT researchers employ low-cost sensors to detect and track the origins of air pollutants in India.
How cities can leverage citizen data while protecting privacy
Study offers models for preserving the privacy of citizens while using their data to improve government services.