Study: Dangerous storms peaking further north, south than in past
New analysis of cyclones shows migration away from tropics and toward the poles in recent decades.
The CEHS 2014 poster winners
Graduate students and postdoc scholars presented the results of their research at Morss Hall.
It’s in the genes — but whose?
Genetic material hitchhiking in our cells may shape physical traits more than we thought.
How construction of MIT’s newest building will affect the campus
Project managers hold community meetings to explain impact of MIT.nano.
Mastering chemical recipes to make new materials
Mircea Dincă creates next-generation synthetic materials for next-generation energy technologies, electronics, and chemical products.
Suntharalingam receives 2014 Dalton Young Researchers Award
Selected for contributions to the design and development of new metallo-pharmaceuticals and to the understanding of their complex mechanisms of action.
Chemotherapy timing is key to success
Nanoparticles that stagger delivery of two drugs knock out aggressive tumors in mice.
MIT announces new initiative on environment
Multidisciplinary program, to be led by Susan Solomon, will encourage collaborations among researchers in different fields.
The universe in a cube
New model, spanning 13 billion years of cosmic evolution, makes important advances.
Exploring Mars with the Curiosity rover: The search for ancient habitable environments
EAPS inaugural Brace Lecture will feature NASA Curiosity rover chief scientist John Grotzinger
Getting more electricity out of solar cells
New MIT model can guide design of solar cells that produce less waste heat, more useful current.
Senior research scientist emeritus Alan Lazarus dies at 82
Career at MIT spanned more than 50 years, focusing on space plasma and the solar wind
Yeast studies suggest alternative cancer approach
Biophysicist Jeff Gore and collaborators urge applying lessons from yeast colony collapse to tumor growth.
Buchwald receives 2014 Pauling Medal Award
Linus Pauling Award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of chemistry