Sometimes the best medicine comes with four legs and fur, according to Brenda Schafer Kennedy SM ’93. She’s the chief veterinarian for Canine Companions, which provides free assistance dogs to children, veterans, and adults with disabilities. The dogs can do everything from opening doors for wheelchair users to alerting deaf people to doorbells. More at the link in the bio. 🐶 🐾
A little MIT alumni inspiration this Earth Day 🌍: Foray Bioscience, founded by Ashley Beckwith SM ’18, PhD ’22, is working to protect endangered species by engineering plants from single cells to create new materials. More at the link in the bio.
A mosquito finds its target with the help of certain cues, such as a person’s silhouette and the carbon dioxide they exhale.
A new model from @mitmathematics can be used to predict how mosquitoes will fly in response to other cues, such as heat, humidity, and certain odors.
These predictions could help to design more effective traps and mosquito control strategies.
More at the link in our bio ⬆️
Images: Courtesy of the researchers
The Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog 4.0 is a record of cosmic mergers detected between 2015 and 2024 by the @ligo_lab , @ligo_virgo , and KAGRA.
Each panel represents an individual smash-up — the collisions of two black holes, two neutron stars, or one of each.
The new catalog more than doubles the number of gravitational-wave detections.
"The beautiful science that we are able to do with this catalog is enabled by significant improvements in the sensitivity of the gravitational-wave detectors as well as more powerful analysis techniques," says Dean Nergis Mavalvala.
More about the latest crop of space-time wobbles at the link in our bio ⬆️
Credit: Ryan Nowicki / Bill Smith / Karan Jani
Dean Mavalvala reflects on the power of partnership to advance fundamental research. 🧬 Make a gift during MIT’s 24-Hour Challenge on 3.12.26 + help power science. Link in bio ⬆️
You don’t need to be an MIT alum to solve this daily puzzle calendar, but it could help! Get yours when you give $314 or more during today’s MIT 24-Hour Challenge. Details at the link in the bio.
The clock is ticking down to MIT’s 24-Hour Challenge on 3.12.26. Save the date to join the worldwide MIT community in supporting the Institute’s efforts to create a positive impact on our nation and world. Support the School of Science at the link in our bio ⬆️
Set your clocks—the MIT 24-Hour Challenge starts at 12:00 a.m. ET tomorrow, March 12 and runs until 11:59 p.m. ET that day. With your contribution, you can help MIT students, faculty, and staff create a positive impact that benefits everyone. Mark your calendar to make a difference.
And while you count down the minutes to the MIT 24-Hour Challenge, try your hand at our Clocks-on-Campus quiz. Can you name the locations of these clocks at MIT?
In @mitbiology , Associate Professor Eliezer Calo PhD ’11 studies how craniofacial malformations arise, uncovering new insights into protein synthesis and embryonic development. At the link in our bio, you can read more about his research and his journey from the University of Puerto Rico to MIT.
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Joe Sikoscow ’06 grew up in New York, the son of a plumber and dietician, and recalls attending MIT as a pivotal experience. Now a portfolio manager, he volunteers to interview prospective MIT students from the Bronx. He and his wife, actress Jill Durso, recently made a sizeable gift in support of MITES Summer, an on-campus program that immerses high school juniors from across the country in life at MIT. “If you’re lucky enough to be successful, give back,” he says.
Support MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) during the MIT 24-Hour Challenge on March 12. More at the link in the bio.
New research appearing in AGU Advances from Camilla Cattania, the Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Professor of Geophysics at MIT, and Yudong Sun, @mit_eaps graduate student, explores the physics of back-propagating earthquakes. Read the full story from MIT News at the link in our bio ⬆️
