Era of astronomical discovery
MIT professor Nergis Mavalvala helps build tools to detect gravitational waves.
John King, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88
Innovative researcher and educator was a champion of attacking science problems with “ferocious vigor.”
Advancing medicine, layer by layer
Studies by graduate students Stephen Morton and Nisarg Shah show progress toward better cancer treatment and bone replacement.
Research reveals a gender gap in the nation’s biology labs
Study of 24 top institutions finds ‘elite’ male faculty in the life sciences employ fewer women.
Mathematical patchwork
Alice Guionnet, an authority on random matrix theory, aims to make sense of huge data sets.
Controlling movement with light
MIT neuroscientists inhibit muscle contractions by shining light on spinal cord neurons.
Did Neanderthals eat their vegetables?
MIT study provides first direct evidence of plants in the Neanderthal diet.
Rett syndrome drug shows promise in clinical trial
MIT neuroscientists report more detail on how the disease arises.
Fresh evidence suggests particle discovered in 2012 is the Higgs boson
Findings confirm that a particle decays to fermions, as predicted by the Standard Model.
When it comes to numbers, culture counts
In a Bolivian rainforest society, children learn to count just like in the U.S., but on a delayed timetable.
MIT launches online lab to study early childhood learning
Families contribute to research via browser and webcam
Explained: How does a soccer ball swerve?
The smoothness of a ball’s surface — in addition to playing technique — is a critical factor.