Bold research visions recognized and rewarded
Four proposals from six MIT faculty members to receive Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
LIGO back online, ready for more discoveries
Upgrades make detectors more sensitive to gravitational waves.
Climate models may be overestimating the cooling effect of wildfire aerosols
Study finds accounting for year-to-year variability enables more accurate projections of climate change and its impacts.
Professor Hung Cheng pledges $1 million for a new MIT scholarship
Inspired by writing his novel, "Nanjing Never Cries," Cheng hopes scholarship helps MIT students work toward a better world.
New method for analyzing crystal structure
Exotic materials called photonic crystals reveal their internal characteristics with new method.
Enhancing education from pre-K to MIT and beyond
Two new initiatives take an in-depth look at learning.
Saharan dust in the wind
Scientists find huge reduction in African dust plume led to stronger Saharan monsoons 11,000 years ago.
Forging ahead on climate action
At UN Climate Change Conference, MIT researchers share insights on implementing climate commitments.
Biomarker could help guide cancer therapy, avoid drug resistance
Biologists link levels of Mena protein to breast cancer cells’ sensitivity to chemotherapy.
Brian Henderson: Experimenting with physics and policy
Nuclear Science and Engineering Stanton Fellow Brian Henderson brings his physics experience to bear on nuclear weapons disarmament policies.
Creating new treatments for amblyopia
Study finds decreasing activity in the eye can help overcome visual impairment.
At forum, MIT community tackles tough ethical questions of climate change
Why is it so hard for human beings to address climate change? What can motivate effective action?
Four MIT faculty elected 2016 AAAS Fellows
Green, Ketterle, Nedivi, and Shrobe are among those recognized for their efforts toward advancing science.
Lauren Uhr: a brain researcher motivated by personal experience
MIT senior studies cognitive science and medicine from the vantage point of a person with dyslexia.
Entanglement bonanza
Relatively simple quantum computers could be much more powerful than previously realized.