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
A “wimpy” dwarf fossil galaxy reveals new facts about early universe
Faintest galaxy ever detected illuminates unusual aspects of the universe’s early evolution.
Four professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Acemoglu, Brown, Grossman, and Grove bring to 77 the number of MIT faculty who are NAS members.
New material for flat semiconductors
Researchers find a two-dimensional, self-assembling material that might produce solar cells or transistors.
MIT team wins Clean Energy Prize for solving solar’s shade problem
Unified Solar takes home $225,000 for a circuit that augments the output of partially shaded solar cells.
Welcome to the nano age
MIT.nano will help researchers apply the power of nanotechnology to solve big problems.
New building will be a hub for nanoscale research
“MIT.nano,” to be built in the heart of campus, will house advanced cleanroom, imaging, and prototyping facilities.