Simulations that MIT’s Kaley Brauer and colleagues conducted indicate exploding massive stars may have produced gold and other heavy elements found in metal-poor stars.
Daniel Martin and incoming fellow Courtney Shafer are part of a team using modeling to quantify the impact of melting glaciers and land-ice on sea levels.
The incoming class will research subjects ranging from geological science and theoretical neuroscience to ecosystem sciences and computational biophysics at universities across the country.
