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Using AI, scientists find a drug that could combat drug-resistant infections

The machine-learning algorithm identified a compound that kills Acinetobacter baumannii, a bacterium that lurks in many hospital settings.

HST student wins prize in the Harvard Business School New Ventures Competition

The competition is open to all students and alumni interested in launching new business and social impact ventures.

Bionics Researchers Develop Technologies to Ease Pain and Transcend Human Limitations

Professor of media arts and sciences Hugh Herr SM ’93 and HST student Christopher Shallal are working on next-generation biomimetic limbs

MIT HUMANS project breaks down borders, empowering global voices to reach for the stars

The HUMANS nanowafer, an MIT Space Exploration Initiative student-led project, will travel to the ISS this month, and later to the moon, carrying messages in more than 64 languages from over 80 countries. The launch will also carry a special Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit, designed by a team of MIT researchers, including an HST student.

HST Community Awards and Spring Dinner are celebrated

HST students, both current and alumnus, as well as faculty and staff, gathered to celebrate award recipients and the end of a successful school year.