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May 22, 2025
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Fresher Produce
MIT and SMART researchers have found a way to keep vegetables fresh without refrigeration, by injecting them with the hormone melatonin using biodegradable microneedles. “The food we waste could feed about 1.6 billion people,” says Associate Professor Benedetto Marelli. “[Our] approach could one day expand access to healthy foods.”
Top Headlines
A cool new way to study gravity
A technique developed at MIT enables a new class of experiments that could finally let physicists test whether gravity needs to be described by quantum theory.
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MIT students turn vision to reality
The ASA Impact Fund finances unique and impactful projects in Africa.
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Blending art and science to create balanced chaos
Blake Brasher ’01 is an electrical engineer at Boston Dynamics who also creates swirling abstract paintings inspired by nature and science.
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In the Media
While digital currency initiatives expand, what’s the future of cash? // USA Today
Neha Narula, director of the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, joins USA Today’s The Excerpt podcast to discuss the future of cash as the use of digital currencies expands. On her vision for the future of money, Narula says, “We’ve had a lot of promise, we’ve had a lot of exciting ideas, but now it’s time to really buckle down and really build products that help users and help make their lives better.” 
Watch This
Ethics isn’t the only philosophical issue that organizations need to grapple with when developing and deploying artificial intelligence. In this video, MIT Sloan’s Michael Schrage and MIT Sloan Management Review’s David Kiron explain why leaders need to rigorously cultivate philosophical conversation if they want to realize strong returns and competitive advantage from their organizations’ generative and predictive AI investments.
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