Stephen Lippard wins faculty’s Killian Award
Chemist recognized for groundbreaking studies of inorganic molecules.
Chemist recognized for groundbreaking studies of inorganic molecules.
Using analog computation circuits, MIT engineers design cells that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots.
New hardware could lead to wireless devices that identify and exploit unused transmission frequencies, using radio spectrum much more efficiently.
MIT researchers find that the key to purple bacteria’s light-harvesting prowess lies in highly symmetrical molecules.
Findings may offer a new way to kill cancer cells by forcing them into an alternative programmed-death pathway.
MIT neuroscientist Suzanne Corkin shares her memories of the world’s most famous amnesia patient.
Field, Kac, Vogan and Walker bring to 76 the number of Institute faculty who are NAS members.
New study helps resolve a dispute over the origins of coral-reef formations.
Peter Reddien and Aviv Regev are among 27 top biomedical scientists selected nationwide.
Alexander-Katz, Detmold, Fu, Tisdale and Williams honored by Office of Science of the Department of Energy.
MIT researchers explore the possible consequences of expanding biofuels.
Materials for the new MITx summer course Mechanics ReView have been refined during a half-decade of development
MIT researchers find that high ratio of freeloaders makes it more likely colony will die from sudden shock to environment.
A combination of crowdsourcing and computer vision could identify individuals within endangered populations.