Audio Article: Could we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?

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 absorb and evaporate water more quickly than common textiles such as cotton, nylon, and polyester. by MIT News

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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 foot traffic in all cities. His work emphasizes the functionality of a neighborhood's elements, by MIT News

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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 and draw them down to the deep, where they can remain sequestered for centuries and more. by MIT News

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Audio Article: New science blooms after star researchers die, study finds: A new study co-authored by MIT economist Pierre Azoulay, an expert on the dynamics of scientific research, finds deaths of prominent life scientists tend to be followed by a surge in highly cited research by newcomers. Read the story: http://news.mit. by MIT News

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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 that most people who share false news stories online do so unintentionally, by MIT News

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Audio Article: Crowds can wise up to fake news: In the face of grave concerns about misinformation, social media networks and news organizations often employ fact-checkers to sort the real from the false. But fact-checkers can only assess a small portion of the stories floating around online. by MIT News

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Audio Article: A method to assess Covid-19 transmission risks in indoor settings: Two MIT professors have proposed a new approach to estimating the risks of exposure to Covid-19 under different indoor settings based on the number of people, the size of the space, the kinds of activity, whether masks are worn, by MIT News

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Audio Article: Sensor based on quantum physics could detect SARS-CoV-2 virus: A novel approach to testing for the presence of the virus that causes Covid-19 may lead to tests that are faster, less expensive, and potentially less prone to erroneous results than existing detection methods. Though the work, based on quantum effects, by MIT News

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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 has revealed that these bacterial populations can remake themselves within the lifetime of their host, by MIT News

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Audio Article: Making catalytic surfaces more active to help decarbonize fuels and chemicals: Electrochemical reactions that are accelerated using catalysts lie at the heart of many processes for making and using fuels, chemicals, and materials — including storing electricity from renewable energy sources in chemical bonds, by MIT News

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Audio Article: Comparing seniors who relocate shows where you live affects your longevity: Would you like to live longer? It turns out that where you live, not just how you live, can make a big difference. That’s the finding of an innovative study co-authored by an MIT economist, which examines senior citizens across the U.S. by MIT News

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Audio Article: Toward a smarter electronic health record: Researchers at MIT and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are combining machine learning and human-computer interaction to create a better electronic health record (EHR). They developed MedKnowts, a system that unifies the processes of looking up... by MIT News

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Audio Article: A new method for removing lead from drinking water: Engineers at MIT have developed a new approach to removing lead or other heavy-metal contaminants from water, in a process that they say is far more energy-efficient than any other currently used system, though there are others under development that c... by MIT News

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Audio Article: Dragging your feet? Lack of sleep affects your walk, new study finds: Good sleep can be hard to come by. But a new study by researchers at MIT and the University of São Paulo in Brazil finds that if you can make up for lost sleep, even for just a few weekend hours, the extra zzz’s could help reduce fatigue-induced clumsi... by MIT News

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Audio Article: How marsh grass protects shorelines: As climate change brings greater threats to coastal ecosystems, new research can help planners leverage the wave-damping benefits of marsh plants. Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2021/how-marsh-grass-protects-shorelines-1018 by MIT News

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Audio Article: Timber or steel?: Researchers at MIT have done a detailed analysis and created a set of computational tools to enable architects and engineers to design truss structures in a way that can minimize their embodied carbon while maintaining all needed properties for a given... by MIT News

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Audio Article: Giving robots social skills: MIT researchers have now incorporated certain social interactions into a framework for robotics, enabling machines to understand what it means to help or hinder one another, and to learn to perform these social behaviors on their own. by MIT News

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Audio Article: Reducing food waste to increase access to affordable foods: Spoiler Alert, a company founded by two MIT alumni, is helping companies bridge the gap between food waste and food insecurity with a platform connecting major food and beverage brands with discount grocers, retailers, and nonprofits. by MIT News

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What does a sunrise and sunset sound like?: Using a new sonification toolkit, designed but MIT's Digital Humanities Lab, senior Moises Trejo was able to turn a sunrise and a sunset into sound. What the toolkit does is convert the annual times of sunrises and sunsets in a particular location and ... by MIT News

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Audio Article: Scientists build new atlas of ocean’s oxygen-starved waters: A team of MIT scientists have generated a detailed, three-dimensional "atlas" of the largest oxygen-deficient zones (ODZ) in the tropical Pacific. And though these ODZs make up less than 1 percent of the ocean’s total volume, by MIT News

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Audio Article: A new method boosts wind farms’ energy output, without new equipment: By modeling the conditions of an entire wind farm rather than individual turbines, engineers can squeeze more power out of existing installations. Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2022/wind-farm-optimization-energy-flow-0811 by MIT News

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Audio Article: Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere: MIT researchers have made an open-source version … by MIT News

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Audio Article: The sound of a sunset: What does a sunset sound like? With the Sonification Toolkit, almost anything can be transformed into sound that is aesthetically satisfying and analytically illuminating. The newly released prototype, a work in progress with cutting-edge capabilities, by MIT News

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Audio Article: Deploying machine learning to improve mental health: A machine-learning expert from MIT and a psychology researcher/clinician from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have teamed up to develop tools for mental health care delivery. They hope that their algorithms will eventually equip physicians and pat... by MIT News

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Audio Article: Babies can tell who has close relationships based on one clue: saliva: MIT neuroscientists have identified a specific signal that young children and even babies can use to determine whether two people have a strong relationship and a mutual obligation to help each other: whether those two people kiss, share food, by MIT News

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Audio Article: Minimizing electric vehicles’ impact on the grid: In a new study, MIT researchers have developed st… by MIT News

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Audio Article: How to push, wiggle, or drill an object through granular material: Predicting what it takes to push through sand, gr… by MIT News

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Curiosity Unbounded, Ep 1: How a free-range kid from Maine is helping green-up industrial practices: The Curiosity Unbounded Podcast is a conversation… by MIT News

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Audio Article: Startup lets doctors classify skin conditions with the snap of a picture: Piction Health, a startup founded by Susan Conover SM '15, lets doctors classify skin conditions with the snap of a picture. Their app uses machine learning to help physicians identify and manage skin diseases. by MIT News

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Audio Article: Keeping web-browsing data safe from hackers: Studying a powerful type of cyberattack, researchers identified a flaw in how it’s been analyzed before, then developed new techniques that stop it in its tracks. Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2022/side-channel-attacks-detection-0609 by MIT News

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