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Melting ice shelves are a major contributor to sea level rise. A new Science study of 15,000+ cliffs finds they collapse faster than predicted, but then stabilize, reducing the risk of runaway collapse. buff.ly/pIIOhy6

Satellite data reveal how Antarctica’s ice cliffs behave over time

Analyzing over 15,000 ice cliffs in Antarctica over a four-year period, scientists learned how the ice cliffs and the larger ice sheet behind them evolved over time. They found ice cliff collapse...

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MIT announces the MIT for America initiative. The effort aims to help U.S. learners from kindergarten to community college, with an emphasis on math, making, and the constructive use of AI. news.mit.edu/2026/mit-americ…

MIT announces the MIT for America initiative, to strengthen STEM education across the country

MIT for America is a new initiative that seeks to strengthen STEM education nationally, at many levels of learning. The Institute-wide effort ranges across STEM fields and will engage students from...

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Congrats to @AnnMGraybiel for winning the Review Paper of the Year from the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society! Read the award-winning paper, "Surprises from the Basal Ganglia: Stop and Go Have New Meaning," below: movementdisorders.onlinelibr… @movedisorder
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The size of the hole in the #ozone layer last month, measuring 10.6 million sq. miles, was especially large. However, longer term trends show that the ozone hole is slowly recovering as expected, says MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon. tinyurl.com/m83y96d
These visualizations show how the Antarctic ozone hole grew from August 1, 2026 to September 12, 2026. European Union, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service data

ALT These visualizations show how the Antarctic ozone hole grew from August 1, 2026 to September 12, 2026. European Union, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service data

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"There are also a lot of 'unknown unknowns' that could come from these tools, much like the map of the roundworm in the 1980s led to new biological discoveries no one could have anticipated." via @hhmi_science hhmi.org/news/cell-lineage-t…

Mapping How a Single Cell Becomes an Entire Mouse | HHMI

HHMI Investigators Jonathan Weissman and Jay Shendure have each created cell lineage maps of the origin and outcome of vast numbers of cells in a developing mouse — information that could enable...

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Happy Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the achievements of women in STEM—like computing pioneer Margaret Hamilton. Read about her legacy at MIT News news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-h…

Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

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Congratulations to Robert E. Hall PhD ’67 and Michael Woodford PhD ’83! 👏
The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrizeOct 12
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.” #NobelPrize
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@FakhriLabOct 11
What an honor! So grateful to my wonderful group members (alumni & current) @MIT, colleagues & mentors who have been part of my scientific journey. I am thrilled to be named an @APSphysics Fellow!
@APS_DSNP@aps_dsnpOct 11
🎉 Congratulations to the 2026 APS Fellows! DSNP extends its heartfelt congratulations to the newly elected Fellows of the @APSphysics recognized for outstanding contributions to physics, original research and exceptional service to the cause of science. #APS #Physics #DSNP
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The Wall Street Journal
@WSJOct 8
John Urschel gave up his career with the Baltimore Ravens to study math at MIT. He just published a paper proving a decades-old mathematical conjecture regarding Gaussian elimination. 🔗: on.wsj.com/47MqUUc
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We’ve lost an icon. Margaret Hamilton, a computer science pioneer best known for her work at MIT leading development of the flight software for the Apollo missions to the moon, has died at 90. Read about her legacy via MIT News: news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-h…
Margaret Hamilton is reclined inside a NASA spacecraft module, surrounded by control panels and switches.

ALT Margaret Hamilton is reclined inside a NASA spacecraft module, surrounded by control panels and switches.

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The Kavli Prize@KavliPrizeOct 8
With 2026 Kavli Prize Laureate Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, a lifelong curiosity and sense of adventure shaped a scientific journey that took him from Valencia, Spain, to the frontiers of nanoscience. 1/3
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Congrats to @devarda_a, named one of the 2026 #STATWunderkinds by @statnews! Andrea is doing groundbreaking work in @ev_fedorenko + @roger_p_levy labs to understand how brains and machines process language. Learn more: statnews.com/wunderkinds/and… @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
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@FakhriLabOct 5
We made the cover of PRX!! Our work on nonreciprocal living matter is on the cover of @PhysRevX! Very proud of this work and this amazing team! journals.aps.org/prx/abstrac… Cover credit: APS/Ella Maru
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Congrats to Mehrdad Jazayeri for winning the 2026 Robert A. Wurtz Award in Systems Neuroscience from the @NIH and @NatEyeInstitute! 👀 mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/10/05/… @mitbrainandcog @hhmi_science
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Most colon cancer deaths are caused by the spread of tumor cells beyond the colon, usually to the liver. In a new study, MIT biologists identified a cellular pathway necessary for colorectal cancer metastasis. Drugs that block the pathway may help prevent metastasis. news.mit.edu/2026/biologists…

Biologists identify a cellular pathway that allows colorectal cancer to metastasize

MIT biologists found that a high-fat diet drives colon cancer cells to switch on YAP1, a regenerative program required for the cancer to spread to the liver. Drugs blocking ceramide production could...

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In our latest study, published in @MolecularCell, we reveal that mRNA sequences hundreds of nucleotides from the start codon can act as potent repressors of gene expression through long-range base pairing to the ribosome binding site (RBS)... (1/4)
Molecular Cell@MolecularCellSep 19
Long-range mRNA folding shapes expression and sequence of bacterial genes dlvr.it/TVYSVc
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New study in @iScience_CP: How the brain keeps its options straight at decision time: Ensembles of neurons encode information to maximize clarity throughout the process. picower.mit.edu/news/how-bra… #neuroscience @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT
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A new atlas of the striatum reveals insights into populations of neurons affected by Huntington’s disease, schizophrenia, addiction and other disorders. It could guide new drug treatments. youtu.be/eQmEKrBMvmo #neuroscience @scienceMIT @mitbrainandcog

A 'roadmap' of the striatum

Picower Institute postdoc Raleigh Linville, lead author of a new st...

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Congratulations to Nergis Mavalvala PhD '97, Dean of the MIT School of Science and Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics, on being named to the 2026 @Forbes 50 Over 50! #ForbesOver50 forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgra…
Portrait of Nergis Mavalvala with a frame reading "Forbes 50 over 50 [know your value]"

ALT Portrait of Nergis Mavalvala with a frame reading "Forbes 50 over 50 [know your value]"

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Climate-driven sea level rise is making freshwater ecosystems saltier, and @MIT_Physics researchers have uncovered how that shift could reshape the microbial communities that sustain rivers and estuaries news.mit.edu/2026/how-influx…

How an influx of salt may affect microbial ecosystems

MIT researchers have found that when salt levels rise, aquatic microbial populations maintain their overall growth rate, but they lose diversity as faster-growing strains tend to take over the...

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