REFS poster contest: highlighting mentorship
Participation from across the Institute shows just how important mentoring really is.
EAPS launches Global Habitat Longevity Award
MIT community members encouraged to submit nominations; entries due by May 21
New views at the nanoscale
MIT researchers are building a microscope that uses MRI technology to image viruses and other tiny biological structures.
Explained: Thermoelectricity
Turning temperature differences directly into electricity could be an efficient way of harnessing heat that is wasted in cars and power plants.
In the search for Earthlike exoplanets, GJ 436b has much to tell us
First detailed analysis of the atmosphere of a Neptune-sized planet reveals surprisingly low methane levels, presents "new territory" for researching planets outside our solar system
Swetha Kambhampati ’10 wins Merage American Dream Fellowship
Biology senior honored for academics, leadership
Engineering, science and management graduate programs continue to excel
MIT tops several disciplines in U.S. News & World Report annual rankings
Why cancer drugs lose their power
MIT biologists show how tumors can become resistant to the commonly used chemotherapy drug cisplatin.
Biomanufacturing Research Program wins grant from Sloan Foundation
Will be used to examine globalization and regulatory compliance
Weighing the cell
MIT biological engineers devise a way to measure, for the first time, how single cells accumulate mass.
Michael S. Feld, physics professor, dies at age 69
Made fundamental contributions in the field of laser science; applied physics to biomedical problems
A mathematician takes his field to account
University of Arizona professor William Yslas Vélez speaks about minorities in math