New American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows include 4 from MIT
Gates, Page, Shor and Stewart among 212 new members.
Study: U.S. drought risk to increase with climate change
While impacts will vary by region, projections indicate that drought frequency will increase throughout most of the contiguous United States.
The bouncing gas
Clouds of gases that bounce off each other could help physicists model the behavior of high-temperature superconductors and other unusual materials.
Shedding light on a longstanding puzzle
Study of blind children in India helps answer a 300-year-old philosophical question.
Cold asteroids may have a soft heart
Partially molten small bodies may be abundant in space, and may have given the Earth its oceans.
Understanding why lung cancer spreads
MIT biologists pinpoint a genetic change that helps tumors move to other parts of the body.
A celebration of women in science and engineering
Symposium highlights the work and accomplishments of women at MIT and beyond.
A new spin on superconductivity?
Scientists produce a crystal that could help unlock the mystery of high-temperature superconductors.
Catching cancer with carbon nanotubes
New device to test blood can spot cancer cells, HIV on the fly
Seeing through the cracks
In the wake of Japan’s largest earthquake, MIT scientists look for geological clues to explain its devastating magnitude