Understanding crypto + new Sloan faculty + electron whirlpools

MIT Weekly July 9, 2022 Greetings! Here’s a roundup of the latest from the MIT community.  Want a daily dose of MIT in your inbox? [Subscribe to the MIT Daily](. Understanding Crypto # [Neha Narula]( director of MIT’s [Digital Currency Initiative]( serves as a crucial link between cryptocurrency developers and central banks. “We want to understand the implications of different technology designs,” she says, because ready or not, “money is really changing.” [Full story via MIT Technology Review→]( Top Headlines Marking the 10th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery Christoph Paus, the MIT scientist who co-led the effort to detect the particle, looks ahead to the next 10 years in particle physics. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( Startup lets doctors classify skin conditions with the snap of a picture Piction Health, founded by Susan Conover SM ’15, uses machine learning to help physicians identify and manage skin disease. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( How the Russia-Ukraine war is upending global supply chains Experts detail how ripple effects are impeding the flow of goods, creating catastrophic food shortages, and fueling dramatic cost increases and product shortages. [Full story via MIT Sloan→]( [MIT Heat Island]( Physicists see electron whirlpools for the first time Long predicted but never observed, this fluid-like electron behavior could be leveraged for low-power next-generation electronics. [Full story via MIT News →]( [MIT Heat Island]( Meet nine new faculty members in the MIT Sloan School of Management New faculty are experts in finance, behavioral economics, system dynamics, and information technology. [Full story via MIT Sloan→]( [MIT Heat Island]( #ThisisMIT # [Follow @mistiatmit on Instagram→]( In the Media Meet the siblings making hydropower that actually protects rivers and fish // TIME Siblings Gia Schneider ’99 and Abe Schneider SM ’03 co-founded Natel, a company dedicated to developing sustainable, climate-resilient hydropower. [Full story via TIME→]( 3-D printing grows beyond its novelty roots // The New York Times VulcanForms, an MIT startup, has developed a 3-D printer that can “generate 100 times the laser energy of most 3-D printers, and can produce parts many times faster.” Martin Feldmann MEng ’14, VulcanForms co-founder, president, and CEO, notes that “additive manufacturing lets us rethink how we build things. That’s where we are now, and that’s a big change.” [Full story via The New York Times→]( Lattes and gummies: Food science inspires a new approach to treating gut and liver injury // STAT Researchers at MIT and elsewhere aim to treat gastrointestinal disorders with a foam that delivers low-levels of carbon monoxide to the body. [Full story via STAT→]( Harnessing cooling tower plumes to provide purified water // Power Magazine Infinite Cooling, an MIT startup, is developing a new system that can capture water from cooling tower plumes and could significantly reduce water consumption in evaporative cooling tower systems. “The technology that is developed could lead to significant water savings and improve water quality with minimal energy cost.” [Full story via Power Magazine→]( Watch This # FuseBot, a new robotic system developed at MIT, uses radio frequency signals, computer vision, and complex reasoning to efficiently find items hidden under a pile. Its algorithms locate more hidden items — like the toy Tim the Beaver seen above — than other sophisticated robotic systems, and in half the time. [Watch the video]( | [Learn more via MIT News]( [→]( [“] A good day has some math in it. —Barry Johnston, senior lecturer and undergraduate officer for the Department of Chemical Engineering [Full story via the School of Engineering→]( This edition of the MIT Weekly was brought to you by [a new wall of Nobel laureates](. 🏅 Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Thanks for reading, and have a great week! —MIT News Office [Forward This Email]( [Subscribe]( [MIT Logo] Massachusetts Institute of Technology This email was sent to {EMAIL} because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. [subscribe]( [update preferences]( [unsubscribe]( [view in browser]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Youtube]( [Instagram]( MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA