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Jumping into new experiences

February 6, 2019

Jumping into new experiences

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Gina Vitale | MIT News correspondent

By his own admission, Héctor Javier Vázquez Martínez was underprepared to move to Zurich for a semester during his junior year.

MIT robot combines vision and touch to learn the game of Jenga

January 30, 2019

MIT robot combines vision and touch to learn the game of Jenga

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Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office

In the basement of MIT’s Building 3, a robot is carefully contemplating its next move.

The gift of light, through science and service

January 28, 2019

The gift of light, through science and service

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Stephanie M. McPherson | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Pawan Sinha, a professor of vision and computational neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, first met Poonam when the girl was 13 years old.

Tsai earns Hans Wigzell's Prize in Medicine

January 25, 2019

Tsai earns Hans Wigzell's Prize in Medicine

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Scientists engineer new CRISPR platform for DNA targeting

January 22, 2019

Scientists engineer new CRISPR platform for DNA targeting

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Broad Institute

A team that includes the scientist who first harnessed the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 and other systems for genome editing of eukaryotic organisms, including animals and plants, has engineered anoth