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Audio Article: Counting pedestrians to make pedestrians count
MIT Associate Professor Andrews Sevtsuk has developed a model of pedestrian movement that could help planners and developers better grasp the flow of...
Audio Article: How industrialized life remodels the microbiome
Thousands of different bacterial species live within the human gut. Most are beneficial, while others can be harmful. A new study from an MIT-led team...
Audio Article: A remedy for the spread of false news?
Stopping the spread of political misinformation on social media may seem like an impossible task. But a new study co-authored by MIT scholars finds...
Audio Article: Study predicts the oceans will start emitting ozone-depleting CFCs
The world’s oceans are a vast repository for gases including ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. They absorb these gases from the atmosphere...
Audio Article: Could we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?
MIT engineers have spun polyethylene into fibers and yarns designed to wick away moisture. They wove the yarns into silky, lightweight fabrics that...
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