Data and cancer + corporate climate action + MIT to neurosurgery

By rahmat hidayat

Selasa, 09 Desember 2025

view in browser MIT Daily December 9, 2025 Greetings! Here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Data and Cancer A new framework developed at MIT predicts when a given outcome will happen if a certain action is taken. It led researchers to a marker that can help doctors identify some high-risk lymphoma patients. “We want to demonstrate that our methods are of value in the real world,” says PhD candidate Jessy Han. Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines When companies “go green,” air quality impacts can vary dramatically Cutting air travel and purchasing renewable energy can lead to different effects on overall air quality, even while achieving the same CO2 reduction, new research shows. Full story via MIT News → Researchers discover a shortcoming that makes LLMs less reliable Large language models can learn to mistakenly link certain sentence patterns with specific topics — and may then repeat these patterns instead of reasoning. Full story via MIT News → Transforming lives through epilepsy surgery As a chief of pediatric neurosurgery and surgical director of pediatric epilepsy in Westchester County, New York, Carrie Muh ’96, ’97, SM ’97 is “proud to be a nerd” saving children’s lives. Full story via Slice of MIT→ #ThisisMIT Follow MIT School of Architecture and Planning on LinkedIn→ In the Media Watch this tiny robot somersault through the air like an insect // Science Associate Professor Kevin Chen and his colleagues designed an insect-sized aerial microrobot that is “faster and more acrobatic than any of its predecessors.” The device, “which measures just 4 centimeters across and weighs less than a paperclip, flies almost five times faster and accelerates twice as quickly as existing microrobots. It can also execute sharp turns while enduring 160-centimeter-per-second wind gusts and — perhaps most impressively — can complete 10 consecutive somersaults in 11 seconds.”  Full story via Science→ Meet Your MIT Neighbor Name: Mike Kalin Affiliation: Coach of varsity sailing and a sailing and skating instructor at the Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation Years at MIT: 17 Best adventure: Seventeen straight days of windsurfing in Jericoacoara, Brazil Favorite part of teaching at MIT: Students have a natural curiosity and incredible hunger to learn new things and become more knowledgeable and skilled at life. Favorite sport to watch: NFL football. It’s a guilty pleasure to watch what I consider modern gladiators, but it’s so addictive! Full interview via MIT Physical Education and Wellness→ This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by so many places to live. 🏢 Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day! —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

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