Revising Darwin’s sinking-island theory
New study helps resolve a dispute over the origins of coral-reef formations.
Two MIT professors named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators
Peter Reddien and Aviv Regev are among 27 top biomedical scientists selected nationwide.
Five from MIT win Early Career Awards
Alexander-Katz, Detmold, Fu, Tisdale and Williams honored by Office of Science of the Department of Energy.
Cleaner energy, warmer climate?
MIT researchers explore the possible consequences of expanding biofuels.
An MIT physics MOOC five years in the making
Materials for the new MITx summer course Mechanics ReView have been refined during a half-decade of development
Cheaters lessen colony survival under stress in yeast experiment
MIT researchers find that high ratio of freeloaders makes it more likely colony will die from sudden shock to environment.
Finding a gecko in the crowd
A combination of crowdsourcing and computer vision could identify individuals within endangered populations.
Decoding ‘noisy’ language in daily life
Study shows how people rationally interpret linguistic input.
Nine MIT faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Among 198 elected this year to the prestigious honorary society.
Emily Wick PhD '51, MIT's first female professor to earn tenure, dies at 91
Chemist and nutrition scientist was a pioneer in women's rights on campus and loved sailing.
3Q: Robert Desimone on the federal BRAIN Initiative
Director of McGovern Institute discusses how new initiative to understand the human brain will affect neuroscience at MIT and beyond.
A different view of cancer cells
New study measures physical changes in tumor cells as they become metastatic.
3Q: Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano on possible hints of dark matter
MIT physicist explains how new results from an underground experiment add intrigue to the hunt for dark matter.
