Rejuvenating immunity + proton conductors + free MIT courses

By rahmat hidayat

Jumat, 09 Januari 2026

view in browser MIT Daily January 9, 2026 Greetings! This month we are on an abbreviated winter schedule, publishing Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays through MIT’s Independent Activities Period. Now, here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Rejuvenating Immunity As people age, their immune systems decline. But an MIT-led study suggests a way to rejuvenate immune function: Stimulating the liver to produce some signals ordinarily generated by the thymus can reverse age-related declines in T-cell populations. Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines What makes a good proton conductor? MIT researchers found a way to predict how efficiently materials can transport protons in clean energy devices and other advanced technologies. Full story via MIT News → How research, policy, and collaboration are leading to actionable climate outcomes For the first time, MIT’s Climate Policy Center led coordination of the Institute’s presence at the annual UN Climate Change Conference, held this year in Belém, Brazil. Full story via MIT Sloan→ Working to eliminate barriers to adopting nuclear energy Nuclear waste continues to be a bottleneck in the widespread use of nuclear energy, so doctoral student Dauren Sarsenbayev is developing models to address the problem. Full story via MIT News → Teen builds an award-winning virtual reality prototype thanks to free MIT courses Nineteen-year-old Freesia Gaul built a VR prototype thanks to MIT OpenCourseWare classes that provided “a solid foundation of knowledge and problem-solving abilities.” Full story via MIT News → #ThisisMIT Follow @wide_tim on Instagram→ In the Media Scientists make material that can morph into anything with the pull of a string // Gizmodo MIT researchers engineered a new type of material, inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, that can transform into a 3D structure with the simple pull of a string. The material could “have an impressive range of applications, from transportable medical devices and foldable robots to modular space habitats on Mars.” Full story via Gizmodo→ Watch This Patrick Teyssonneyre MBA ’19 is working to innovate the materials industry while helping the planet with a technology that captures carbon in clothing. Using AI and high-throughput experimentation tools, Teyssonneyre’s startup Xinterra developed a liquid coating that can be applied to textiles to absorb carbon dioxide. The coating, named COzTERRA, can soak up CO2 for 10 to 14 hours, and reacts with laundry detergent to form a baking soda that easily rinses away. The material then “recharges” and continues to work even after multiple washes. Fashion brands in Brazil and Singapore have started to implement COzTERRA in their fabrics, but Teyssonneyre aims to expand its use for “really any kind of surface.” Watch the video→ This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by some of the best tech journalism of the past year. 🗒️ Thanks for reading, and enjoy your 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

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