The cost of tropical cyclones
New model finds climate change could expose North America, East Asia and the Caribbean to costly hurricane damage.
An eruption-fueled extinction?
Enormous volcanic eruptions may have triggered the worst extinction in Earth’s history.
How does our brain know what is a face and what’s not?
New research from MIT neuroscientists helps explain how the brain makes this decision.
Boyden named inaugural recipient of IET’s Harvey Engineering Research Prize
Honored for his pioneering research contributions to the field of optogenetics, in which neurons are genetically modified to respond to light.
At the core of a continent
New data finds regions of North America have remained extremely stable for more than one billion years.
A shale gas revolution?
MIT report shows prosperous shale gas market could hurt future R&D, if we let it.
Patterns of connections reveal brain functions
Neuroscientists identify face-recognition areas based on what parts of the brain they link to.
Neuroscientists identify a master controller of memory
One gene appears to regulate the brain’s ability to form new memories.
Proposal for MIT Global Environment Initiative seeks public comment
Initiative expected to focus on six broad environmental research themes.
Two new Earth-sized exoplanets discovered
Some 950 light-years away, team finds smallest exoplanets yet detected.
Stopping influenza evolution before it starts
Model of flu proteins suggests new way to design vaccines that slow mutations.
Data mining without prejudice
A new technique for finding relationships between variables in large datasets makes no prior assumptions about what those relationships might be.
A glow of recognition
New detectors developed at MIT could provide easy visual identification of toxins or pathogens.