MIT’s Warrior-Scholar Project STEM boot camp helps enlisted veterans and service members prepare for higher education. “It’s so inspiring to hear so many students at the end of the week say, ‘I never considered a place like MIT until the boot camp,’” Andrea Henshall says.
A hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease is the clumping of so-called Tau proteins in the brain. Chemists have deciphered the structure of the “fuzzy” molecular coat around these proteins, which may aid efforts to develop drugs that interfere with Tau buildup.
In the latest episode of the Curiosity Unbounded podcast, President Sally Kornbluth speaks with Sebastian Lourido about toxoplasmosis, how parasites behave inside human cells, and the complex relationships that unfold over the course of an infection.
New MITEI research charts the impact of ammonia energy production and trade pathways. “Everyone is talking about ammonia as a super important hydrogen carrier in the future,” Woojae Shin says. “But we needed this dataset. It’s filling a major knowledge gap.”
The chemical propulsion systems that got us to the moon just won’t work for the longer journey to Mars. NSE grad student Taylor Hampson is modeling an engine that heats propellant using nuclear energy, producing thrust that could reduce travel times to the Red Planet.
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