MIT graduate students head to Capitol Hill to deliver research-funding petition
More than 10,000 signed petition in support of science and engineering work.
Faster way to probe proteins
Infrared spectroscopy allows scientists to analyze protein structure on an ultrafast timescale.
On the hunt for mathematical beauty
Alexei Borodin uses sophisticated tools to extract information from large groups.
Researchers show that memories reside in specific brain cells
Simply activating a tiny number of neurons can conjure an entire memory.
The power of being heard
When it comes to intergroup conflict, the group with less power benefits more from sharing its perspective.
McGovern Institute to honor synapses expert Roger Nicoll
Named winner of the 2012 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience.
Freeing radicals from their negative connotations
Killian Award recipient JoAnne Stubbe says some free radicals can be good for you.
Koch Institute, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center announce launch of 'Bridge Project' to attack most-lethal forms of cancer
Institutions, research teams, non-profit organizations join forces in novel approaches targeting pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma.
Eric Lander wins Dan David Prize
Broad Institute director, biology professor shares prize in the 'future' category.
Louis S. Osborne PhD ’50, longtime MIT physicist, dies at 88
Developed many of the experimental techniques that are now standard practice in high-energy physics