MIT News at Noon

Burcu Erkmen, a graduate student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, delivers her "News at Noon" talk at the MIT Museum. The event is co-sponsored by the MIT News Office and the Museum, and features researchers discussing their recently promoted work. On Dec. 7, Berkmen discussed her research with Professors Utkan Demirci and Ed Boyden in developing 3-D brain tissue constructs. On the way to accomplishing this complex task, Erkmen and team adapted multiple layer photolithography to precisely build tissue structures only microns in size. Presenters for "News at Noon" are announced each week following an appearance in MIT News. Come and connect with local colleagues before and after the program. Free admission to all. Learn more at Read more about this research at Learn about the MIT Museum at Video: MIT Video Productions/AMPS; MIT News

Neil Gershenfeld, Director of the Center for Bits and Atoms, and visiting scientist Ara Knaian, deliver their"News at Noon" talk at the MIT Museum. The event is co-sponsored by the MIT News Office and the Museum, and features researchers discussing their recently promoted work. On Nov. 30, Gershenfeld and Knaian discussed their robot, the Milli-Motein, which is not only one of the world's smallest robots, but if can also reconfigure itself in a matter of seconds. Presenters for "News at Noon" are announced each week following an appearance in MIT News. Come and connect with local colleagues before and after the program. Free admission to all. Learn more at Read more about Milli-Motein at Learn about the MIT Museum at Video: MIT Video Productions/AMPS; MIT News

Missy Cummings, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems at MIT, delivers her "News at Noon" talk at the MIT Museum. The event is co-sponsored by the MIT News Office and the Museum, and features researchers discussing their recently promoted work. On Nov. 16, Cummings discussed how boredom plays a major role in a drone-operators ability to do their job. Her study found that UAV operators tend to preform better with a little distraction. Presenters for "News at Noon" are announced each week following an appearance in MIT News. Come and connect with local colleagues before and after the program. Free admission to all. Learn more at Read more about Cumming's work at Learn about the MIT Museum at Video: MIT Video Productions/AMPS; MIT News

Jeffrey Karp, MIT HST faculty and co-director of the Center for Regenerative Therapeutics at Brigham and Women's Hospital, delivers his "News at Noon" talk at the MIT Museum. The event is co-sponsored by the MIT News Office and the Museum, and features researchers discussing their recently promoted work. On Nov. 2, Karp discussed his team's new medical adhesive that is safe enough for an infant's delicate skin. Presenters for "News at Noon" are announced each week following an appearance in MIT News. Come and connect with local colleagues before and after the program. Free admission to all. Learn more at Read more about Karp's work at Learn about the MIT Museum at Video: MIT Video Productions/AMPS; MIT News

Devavrat Shah, Associate Professor in the Development of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, delivers his "News at Noon" talk at the MIT Museum. The event is co-sponsored by the MIT News Office and the Museum, and features researchers discussing their recently promoted work. On Nov. 9, Shah discussed how he uses his machine-learning algorithm to predict trends hours in advance of recognition by Twitter. Presenters for "News at Noon" are announced each week following an appearance in MIT News. Come and connect with local colleagues before and after the program. Free admission to all. Learn more at Read more about Shah's work at Learn about the MIT Museum at Video: MIT Video Productions/AMPS; MIT News