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Researchers tune into Arctic under-ice sounds and test through-ice communication

Image:  Ben Evans/Lincoln Laboratory

The importance of indoor airflow patterns in spreading airborne disease

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Marine bacteria team up to break down one of the ocean's toughest carbon-storing molecules

Image: Silas Baisch/Unsplash

Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole star

Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT

What happens when environmental change outpaces life’s ability to adapt?

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Then and now: MIT Lincoln Laboratory staff reflect on 75 years of innovation

Image: Courtesy of Lincoln Laboratory.

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Flags planted in the Arctic ice by countries participating in Operation Ice Camp 2026 wave in the wind against a backdrop of the northern lights.
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Caption: Researchers have created a new way to analyze how changes in indoor air flow can mitigate or promote infectious diseases.
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Marine bacteria team up to break down one of the ocean's toughest carbon-storing molecules
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Astronomers have discovered a “black hole star,” an extremely bright red spot in the early universe that appears to be a new type of astrophysical object. It resembles an enormous star, but its energy production is closer to what a black hole might generate.
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Crinoid fossils from the Permian Period. A new model suggests that the end-Permian and other mass extinctions on Earth may occur when environmental change outpaces the ability of species to adapt.
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Operators at the prototype SAGE Direction Center Command Post view a digital display of the Cape Cod System in 1956. This experimental air defense network of roughly 10 to 15 radars proved the viability of the SAGE concept.