Brain waves reflect different types of learning
For the first time, researchers have identified neural signatures of explicit and implicit learning.
School of Science welcomes new faculty members
This fall brings 14 new professors in the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics.
JoAnne Stubbe wins Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Awarded annually by The Rockefeller University, the award recognizes accomplishments of outstanding women in science.
Introducing the Materials Research Laboratory at MIT
Materials Processing Center, Center for Materials Science and Engineering merger brings together formidable resources for advancing next-generation materials.
The art and science of polymer chemistry
Jeremiah Johnson designs novel materials for drug delivery, energy, and other applications.
Department of Biology hosts its first Science Slam
Eight biology trainees had just three minutes to explain their research and earn favor with the judges and audience in new yearly event.
Ten researchers from MIT and Broad receive NIH Director’s Awards
Awards support high-risk, high-impact biomedical research.
Stanislaw Olbert, professor emeritus of physics and a pioneering theorist of the space age, dies at 94
Olbert researched measurements of solar wind with instruments on several NASA space missions, including the Voyager probes.
MIT physicist Rainer Weiss shares Nobel Prize in physics
LIGO inventor and professor emeritus of physics recognized “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”
New target for treating “undruggable” lung cancer
Drug already in clinical trials may be effective on some aggressive adenocarcinomas.
Michael Rosbash PhD ’71 shares Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
MIT alumnus and two others honored for discovering the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms.
Shirley Jackson speaks about her career and being an agent for change
Professor Paula Hammond talks with MIT Corporation life member about her experiences as an MIT student, research scientist, and university president.
First open-access data from large collider confirm subatomic particle patterns
CERN Open Data Portal results reveal predictable patterns from colliding high-energy protons.
Researchers identify molecular motor that transforms chromosomes
Experiments confirm hypothesis about how the genome becomes organized into “neighborhoods.”
Biologists identify possible new strategy for halting brain tumors
Cutting off a process that cancerous cells rely on can force them to stop growing.