MIT team promotes prostate cancer prognosis tool
Group is a semifinalist in MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
Explained: Sigma
How do you know when a new finding is significant? The sigma value can tell you — but watch out for dead fish.
Putting lab life under the lens
Economist Scott Stern advances the scientific study of, well, scientists.
For businesses, going green brings in greenbacks
Study finds manufacturers leading the drive to make sustainability a mainstream — and profitable — business practice.
How research goes viral
What makes a new finding in biology circulate widely? An MIT economist knows: Make the original research materials accessible.
The case of the missing gas mileage
Automakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades — but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased. An MIT economist explains the conundrum.
