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From left, Clarel Jerome of Haiti, a participant in MIT's International Development Design Summit; Gwyndaf Jones, a bicycle expert from the U.S., and Carlos MarroquÃn, a participant and Native American from Guatemala, are using a pedal-powered device to mill corn for the participants to cook. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('summit-4-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Innovators at MIT to present workable solutions for developing world

August 7, 2007

Study sees U.S. retirement wealth up sharply by 2040

August 6, 2007

Memory formation in children, adolescents and young adults: Brain activation in the medial temporal lobe (lower brain scans) remains constant while activation in the prefrontal cortex (upper brain scans) increases from childhood to adulthood when successfully memorizing pictures with rich detail.

MIT study: Maturity brings richer memories

August 5, 2007

MIT adds new graduate program in microbiology

August 2, 2007

MIT senior Jules Walter in Ghana. He is holding a sample of charcoal made from corncobs.

MIT team cooks up simple fuel recipe

Charcoal technology holds promise for Third World

August 1, 2007

Testing the scallop dredge in the Irish Sea, off the Isle of Man.

MIT aims for kinder, gentler scallop dredge

July 31, 2007

Steven Shannon, operations manager and MR research technologist at MIT, with the 9.4 Tesla MRI machine in the Martinos Imaging Center at the McGovern Institute.

New high-resolution MRI machine comes to MIT

July 31, 2007

Professor Ian Hunter (standing), post-doc James Tangorra and colleagues in MIT's Bioinstrumentation Lab are working to create a robotic version of the bluegill sunfish's fin. Such a robotic fin, like the one Tangorra is holding, could improve the maneuverability of autonomous underwater vehicles.

MIT team building robotic fin for submarines

July 30, 2007

MIT trio to receive top U.S. science, technology honors

July 27, 2007

Douglas Lauffenburger, director of Biological Engineering, with a schematic of the intracellular "information-processing" circuit on the monitor in front of him.

MIT model could predict cells' response to drugs

Work could lead to targeted therapies

July 26, 2007

Alex Nickerson is at bat as Jordan Smith pitches to him on Briggs Field at MIT. The two middle school students are participating in MIT's summer Science of Baseball program, which, each morning, teaches them things like how a curve ball works and how to calculate player statistics. In the afternoon, they put their new knowledge to work on the field.

MIT baseball program hits home run for learning

Schooling the boys of summer in math, science

July 26, 2007

MIT lecturers top the iTunes U top ten

July 25, 2007

Thaddeus Jusczyk and James Graham at the Holcim Forum 2007 awards ceremony. The two MIT students won first place for their plan to harness the energy of crowds.

MIT duo sees people-powered "Crowd Farm"

Plan would harvest energy of human movement

July 25, 2007

Senior James Albrecht, 21, dies

July 24, 2007

Mechanical engineering professor Professor Wai K. Cheng, chemical engineering graduate student John Angelos, mechanical engineering graduate student Nathan Anderson, and chemical engineering professor William H. Green, Jr. in lab with the engine they are working with to increase fuel efficiency.

MIT researchers work toward spark-free, fuel-efficient engines

July 23, 2007

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