Data accessibility + automation and labor + MIT’s ROI

By rahmat hidayat

Jumat, 05 September 2025

view in browser MIT Daily September 5, 2025 Greetings! Here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Engineering Accessible Data Associate Professor Arvind Satyanarayan develops interactive data visualizations that amplify human creativity. Whether enabling a blind reader to interpret data trends or helping designers feel in control of AI-driven visualization systems, “We really take a human-centered approach,” he says. Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines A new look at how automation changes the value of labor Automation replaces experts in some occupations while augmenting expertise in others, according to a new MIT Sloan study. Full story via MIT Sloan→ Soft materials hold onto “memories” of their past, for longer than previously thought New findings could help manufacturers design gels, lotions, or even paving materials that last longer and perform more predictably. Full story via MIT News → Imaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution By combining several cutting-edge imaging technologies, a new microscope system could enable unprecedentedly deep and precise visualization of metabolic and neuronal activity, potentially even in humans. Full story via MIT News → J-WAFS welcomes Daniela Giardina as new executive director Succeeding founding executive director Renee Robins, Giardina will help shape and implement the goals and initiatives of MIT’s eminent water and food program. Full story via MIT News → #ThisisMIT Follow @mitmsoccer on Instagram→ In the Media This “magical” material that dissolves like candy is exactly what EVs have been missing // Gizmodo Inspired by a scene in one of the “Harry Potter” films, MIT researchers developed a self-assembling battery material that could one day serve as an “easy-to-recycle alternative for manufacturing EV batteries.” The process “doesn’t require the harsh chemical and thermal conditions that make EV battery recycling so difficult, offering promising opportunities for recycling the batteries at scale.”  Full story via Gizmodo→ The 10 private colleges with the best ROI in the U.S. // CNBC MIT has been named one of the top private colleges in the country for return on investment, according to Princeton Review’s latest survey. “MIT meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for students. Beginning with the 2025-26 school year, families earning $200,000 a year or less will pay $0 for tuition and families earning $100,000 or less will have fees like housing and meals covered as well.”  Full story via CNBC→ MIT on ... Fusion The promise of carbon-free energy from human-controlled nuclear fusion is as strong as it’s ever been. How have MIT-affiliated engineers and researchers contributed toward a world powered by fusion? Browse the MIT News archives to learn more. Fusion articles on MIT News → This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by new school year resolutions. 🎻 Thanks for reading, and have a nice weekend! —MIT News Forward This Email Subscribe This email was sent to rh3252705.pese@blogger.com because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. subscribe update preferences unsubscribe view in browser MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA

Share :

Facebook Twitter Google+