MIT in New Mexico

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Improving health, one machine learning system at a time

MIT’s Marzyeh Ghassemi, who grew up in New Mexico and graduated from New Mexico State University, now studies bias and fairness in AI-powered health-care systems.

NASA's Space Launch System rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center, producing a massive plume of smoke and flame against an overcast sky during the Artemis I mission

Lincoln Laboratory laser communications terminal launches on historic Artemis II moon mission

As part of NASA's recent Artemis II lunar mission, an MIT team operated a ground station in New Mexico to receive high-definition video beamed by laser.

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Preserving Keres

MIT graduate student and New Mexico native William Pacheco is developing new tools to teach and preserve Keres, a language spoken in just seven New Mexico villages.

Workers in white protective suits, respirators, and hard hats walk past the damaged exterior of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during decommissioning operations.

Lessons from Fukushima: Prepare for the unlikely

MIT collaborated with Sandia National Laboratories to apply lessons from the Fukushima nuclear accident, focusing on enhancing safety and preparedness for unlikely events.

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Exploring the bow shock and beyond

As an MIT graduate student, Rishabh Datta SM ’22, PhD ’24 traveled to Sandia National Laboratories to study the magnetic reconnection behind solar flares and auroras.

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Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries

MIT engineers tested a battery-free, solar-powered desalination system in Alamogordo, producing up to 5,000 liters of clean drinking water per day from brackish groundwater.

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MIT astronomers discover new galaxy clusters hiding in plain sight

MIT astronomers searching for hidden galaxy clusters used telescopes in New Mexico as part of a six-year survey that uncovered three previously undetected clusters.

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Mapping the depths of plasma physics

MIT’s Jack Hare plans four experiments at Sandia National Laboratories, each releasing 25 million amps, to study magnetic reconnection, the phenomenon behind solar flares.