Astronomers detect first carbon-rich exoplanet
Discovery opens door to new class of exoplanets, including rocky planets rich in diamond and graphite.
Undergrads bring energy education to Ghana
Ghanaian high school students share alternative energy ideas with rural village.
Honoring Millie
Friends and colleagues celebrate Institute Professor Mildred Dresselhaus' 80th birthday and her impact on science, society and MIT.
Growing Earth’s oceans
Study suggests that trace amounts of water created oceans on Earth and other terrestrial planets, including those outside the solar system.
Team wins protein-folding prize
Earn $5,000 for top finish in the University Protein Folding Challenge
Emeritus: On the trail of aflatoxin
Toxicologist Gerald Wogan has dedicated his career to understanding — and fighting — a deadly carcinogen.
3 Questions: Sara Seager on the discovery of a ‘new’ form of life
The MIT planetary scientist discusses what the finding means for life on Earth and elsewhere in the universe.
A step toward fusion power
MIT advance could help remove contaminants that slow fusion reactions, and may bring practical fusion power plants a bit closer to reality.
When gender isn’t written all over one’s face
Neuroscientists find that the same face may look male or female, depending on where it appears in a person’s field of view.
Timing is everything for cancer protein p53
Biologists find that restoring the gene for p53 can slow the spread of advanced lung tumors, but doesn’t help early-stage cancers.
Food and Water
Researchers model the effects of competition for global water resources on agriculture.
Lindquist receives National Medal of Science
President Obama presents nation’s top science awards at White House ceremony Wednesday.
A better way to target tumors
In spite of slow progress toward targeting cancer drugs to individual patients, hope remains.
The surprising physics of cats’ drinking
A new study reveals that even the way cats lap up liquid displays the perfect balance for which they’re known.