December 08, 2016
by Joel Greenberg Most college kids make their way through school giving nary a thought to two little words: clean clothes. Gather them up before break, take them home, and hand them to mom and dad to wash for the next semester. But PhD candidates at MIT are wired differently. And because three of them…
Continue readingOctober 24, 2016
By Joel Greenberg On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 — bound from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people aboard — plummeted mysteriously into the Atlantic Ocean, coming to rest some 2.5 miles below the surface, off the Northeast Coast of Brazil. The cause of, and circumstances surrounding the crash essentially remained a mystery until nearly…
Continue readingAugust 30, 2016
It happens in every meeting, phone call, or interview–that horrifying moment when you realize you’ve fallen behind in your notes and missed something crucial. You try everything from repeating the last thing you remember over and over to rubbing memory-jogging essential oils on your wrists, but it’s all for naught. The conversation is lost. Forgotten….
Continue readingJuly 20, 2016
A steady hand is poised over a patient on the operating table. After years of back problems, they are undergoing the life-changing surgery and bone graft treatment needed for a pain-free future. However, instead of using the typical “hammer and chisel” method to collect bone graft, doctors will be able to make a small incision…
Continue readingJune 16, 2016
Imagine if technology similar to a car’s GPS could be used to track regenerative cells as they travel through the bodies of ALS, Parkinson’s, or stroke patients. A pseudo navigation system that would allow researchers to monitor the path cells take to facilitate healing for a wide spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases. That is exactly the…
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