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  1. 35 minutes ago

    Top 20 Tweets of 2020: No. 17 —

    Good luck with final exams, . The cat wizard is with you.
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  2. 2 hours ago

    A modeling tool developed by researchers helps organizations build tailored testing strategies to reduce the spread of Covid-19. The calculator provides two key estimates: how many people to test daily and the weekly cost of that testing.

    People standing physically distanced in a line waiting to get a Covid-19 test on a warm day.
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  3. 10 hours ago

    A hunger for social contact: Neuroscientists find that isolation provokes brain activity similar to that seen during hunger cravings.

    Drawing of a woman sitting on a chair in a corner.
    7 replies 37 retweets 131 likes
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  4. 22 hours ago

    Phillip Sharp on the discoveries that enabled RNA vaccines for Covid-19: Curiosity-driven basic science in the 1970s laid the groundwork for today’s leading vaccines against the novel coronavirus.

    Electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient.
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  5. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Tapping into nature without tapping it out: in this story, learn how Whitehead Institute Member Jing-Ke Weng’s lab seeks out new drugs from nature while addressing the efficiency and environmental concerns of typical drug development.

    Dense green rainforest canopy seen from below
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  6. 24 hours ago

    Professor of the practice of community development Ceasar McDowell speaks about the importance of designing for communities and not individuals in order to help create a more equitable future.

    3 replies 12 retweets 38 likes
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  7. Dec 14

    Top 20 Tweets of 2020: No. 18 —

    Artistic impression depicts Venus.
    Astronomers may have found a signature of life on Venus: Evidence indicates phosphine, a gas associated with living organisms, is present in the habitable region of Venus’ atmosphere.
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  8. Dec 14

    SMART researchers have engineered a plant-based sensor that can detect underground arsenic. “This novel sensor could be a game-changer,” Michael Strano says, in monitoring “a serious environmental contaminant and potential public health threat.”

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  9. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Wishing our students the very best of luck during finals week!

    Tim the Beaver in front of Kresge
    2 replies 21 retweets 179 likes
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  10. Dec 13

    Top 20 Tweets of 2020: No. 19 —

    It's Friday. Take a break.
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  11. Dec 12

    Top 20 posts of 2020: No. 20 —

    Comet NEOWISE streaking through the skies over MIT. ☄️ Image: and
    4 replies 20 retweets 130 likes
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    Dec 11

    "Messenger RNA...doesn’t naturally enter cells by itself." Bob Langer and Dan Anderson–whose work on nanoparticles helped pave the way for the delivery of therapeutic RNA to cells—help explain how mRNA vaccines work.

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  13. Dec 11

    Quanta Magazine reporter Kevin Hartnett spotlights the work of graduate student Ashwin Sah, who has “produced a body of work that senior mathematicians say is nearly unprecedented for a college student.”

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  14. Dec 11

    Professor Sinan Aral discusses how social media platforms can reduce the spread of misinformation. “Human-in-the-loop moderation is the right solution,” says Aral.

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  15. Dec 11

    Explained: Quantum engineering — Quantum computers could usher in a golden age of computing power, solving problems intractable on today’s machines.

    An illustration that looks like a computer chip representing Quantum computing.
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  16. Dec 11

    . senior and Rhodes Scholar Danielle Grey-Stewart is a fierce believer that public service and engineering go hand in hand. She aspires to be a leader in equitable science policy, she says, “making science policy that uplifts marginalized voices.”

    Danielle Grey-Stewart standing in the Improbability Walk at MIT.nano with a confident look on her face and her arms crossed.
    2 replies 19 retweets 98 likes
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  17. Dec 11

    New research from MIT suggests that coronaviruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, may use a similar method to trick cells into letting the viruses inside.

    Colorful illustration of vibrations of the protein spikes on coronaviruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, play a crucial part in allowing the virus to penetrate human cells.
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  18. Retweeted
    Dec 10

    MIT engineers research an alloy that might challenge the reign of silicon in the computer chip and transistor production sector

    4 replies 18 retweets 65 likes
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  19. Retweeted
    Dec 10

    Data science found an unexpected application when researcher Marie-Laurie Charpignon found herself using it in the battle against Covid-19. Today she is building new models to predict its spread in different states.

    2 replies 12 retweets 34 likes
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    Dec 10

    In a marvelous new essay "The Bluest Eye turns 50," MIT Prof. Sandy Alexandre () honors Toni Morrison's debut novel and illuminates the ways that Morrison's exquisite language renders something as complex as structural racism comprehensible.

    3 replies 22 retweets 48 likes
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