Why isn’t the universe as bright as it should be?
Study explains why galaxies don’t churn out as many stars as they should.
MIT graduate students receive prestigious Lawrence award
Award acknowledges important contributions to inertial confinement research.
New technique allows analysis of clouds around exoplanets
Team describes use of method to determine properties of clouds surrounding the exoplanet Kepler-7b.
Five MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty specializing in mathematics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, and economics among 126 selected.
Cheap, flexible solar
Tuning energy levels through surface chemistry shows promise for higher efficiency quantum dot solar cells, MIT graduate student Patrick R. Brown's work shows.
Kastner named president of Science Philanthropy Alliance
Physicist will head group aiming to build U.S. philanthropic support for basic science research.
A simple way to make and reconfigure complex emulsions
Researchers can precisely control the distribution of liquids suspended within each other.
New strategies for anesthesia
Emery Brown says anesthesia drugs have been used in the U.S. for more than 160 years, but were largely misunderstood — until now.
How brain waves guide memory formation
Neurons hum at different frequencies to tell the brain which memories it should store.
Epigenomics of Alzheimer’s disease progression
Study of epigenomic modifications reveals immune basis of Alzheimer's disease.
Sylvia Ceyer elected to NAS governing council
Professor and head of the MIT Department of Chemistry will serve on the governing council of the National Academy of Sciences for a three-year term.
Solving carbon mysteries of the deep ocean
New research from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reveals a hidden deep-ocean carbon cycle.
Freshman "chemistry clicker" champions named
Interactive clicker competitions pit student recitation teams against one another, turning learning into a semester-long game.