Study finds altered brain chemistry in people with autism
Neuroscientists link autism to reduced activity of key neurotransmitter in human brain.
Study assesses solar photovoltaic technologies
MIT researchers recommend rapidly scaling up current silicon-based systems while continuing to work on other technologies.
Music in the brain
For the first time, scientists identify a neural population highly selective for music.
Susan Hockfield chosen to serve as AAAS president-elect
Former MIT president to begin three-year term on AAAS Board of Directors in February.
Reducing waste and inefficiency, while increasing access and profits, propels MIT Energy Hackathon
Eight real-world industry challenges fuel teams’ competitive spirit and impressive results.
A new fusion collaboration for MIT
Members of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center celebrate first operations of the world's largest fusion experiment, Wendelstein 7-X.
Digging in
Workers at the MIT.nano site have reached the halfway point in the construction's excavation phase.
MIT chemists characterize a chemical state thought to be unobservable
Researchers determine the energy and map the structure of a chemical reaction’s transition state.
How one gene contributes to two diseases
Neuroscientists unravel Shank3 gene’s role in autism and schizophrenia.
Riding an electronic wave
Graduate student Fahad Mahmood and colleagues show presence of charge-density waves in superconductive material.
Putting the science in science policy
Faculty and students from the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate visited our nation’s capital to build relationships with policymakers on both sides of the aisle.
3 Questions: Anna Frebel on searching for the oldest stars
New book details astronomers’ hunt for clues to the early universe.
Exploring valleytronics
MIT graduate student Edbert Jarvis Sie shows promise of new valleytronics by optical tuning of electronic valleys in tungsten disulfide.
Joseff Kolman: An MIT undergrad at the Paris climate talks
A passion for climate policy leads to an opportunity to attend the United Nations climate change conference, where countries look to forge new solutions.