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A student of SMIT has said that the infection was spreading since the last 2 months and the reason behind it might be due to the rainy season.

Credits: Photo: John Freidah Caption: The summer before her junior year, Flora Klise traveled to Tanzania alongside members of MIT D-Lab to work on the Okoa Project, an ambulance trailer that can be attached to motorcycles. While there, she discovered her interest in water research after seeing children use a well pump to get clean water. Credits: Photo courtesy of the Okoa Project. ...

Credits: Image courtesy of Miles and Malik George. Credits: Image: Betel Tenna Next image On Jan. 20, MIT juniors and fraternal twins Malik and Miles George uploaded their first science video to their new TikTok account, @malikandmiles_. The video, a short joke about the complexity of the Krebs Cycle, got 83 likes. The two pondered if they would join the ranks of popular science media personalities like Hank Green and Bill Nye....

Credits: Photo: John Freidah Caption: The SanaHeal bioadhesive is a double-sided tape that could potentially replace sutures, preventing the leakage of blood and reducing the risk of infection, pain, and scarring. Credits: Felice Frankel, Christine Daniloff, MIT Caption: Throughout his graduate studies, Yuk worked with Professor Zhao on a number of applications for ...

Credits: Photo: Aidan Milliff Next image Why do some people fight and others flee when confronting violence? “This question has been bothering me for quite some time,” says Aidan Milliff, a fifth-year doctoral student who entered political science to explore the strategic choices people make in perilous times. “We’ve learned a great deal how economic status, identity, and pressure from community shape decisions people make while under threat,” says Mi...

Credits: Photo: John Freidah Caption: Once at MIT, Coombs explored research opportunities that improved the lives of others. Her work on medical devices in the MIT Media Lab and with a startup helping rural dairy farmers in India both had a tangible impact, but didn’t quite satisfy her goal of reducing inequality and making a difference on a global scale. Credits: Photo: John Freidah ...

Credits: Photo: David Wilson/CC BY 2.0 Previous image Next image Pavement deterioration takes many forms. It can manifest in almost imperceptible flaws, like surface roughness, to much more evident distresses, such as web-like alligator cracks. While the causes of these distresses are numerous, one cause, in particular, can impose an intractable burden: the weight of a vehicle. In a prize-winning paper, Fengdi Guo, a PhD candidate at the MIT Concrete Sustainabi...

Credits: Image courtesy of the MIT Undergraduate Association. Caption: The Banana Bunch Team, winner of Track 1, proposed several trails on campus with signposts acting as conversation starters. The trails will encourage students to explore new areas of campus and encourage socialization in a Covid-safe way. Caption: The Track 2 winning team, OK GOOGLE, proposed Beavers Incognito, a weekend-long soci...