5 from MIT win NIH awards
The grants are designed to promote risky, innovative research with the potential to transform a field of study.
Better prepared next time
Lessons learned from the BP oil spill could help both companies and regulators to be more ready for the next emergency.
Making stem-cell therapy a reality
In Killian Award lecture, Rudolf Jaenisch outlines progress and possibilities for treating human disease with stem cells.
Doğutan, Nocera win award for microwave research
Postdoc, advisor recognized for significant contributions to renewable energy research
A step closer to Big Bang conditions?
More study is needed to confirm the latest findings from the Large Hadron Collider, reported by CERN physicists last week.
Nergis Mavalvala wins MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
Physics professor and two alumni are awarded $500,000 in no-strings-attached funding.
In the World: Health care in the palm of a hand
MIT-led student team develops mobile-device software to help improve health-care accessibility in remote regions.
Frank talk on U.S. energy innovation
MIT alumnus Steven E. Koonin, DoE under secretary for science, says economics, not technology, is the driver.
Telling time on the moon
New map of lunar craters sheds light on early solar-system activity and points to oldest parts of the moon’s surface.
Robert J. Butler, former design research engineer at MIT, dies at 89
An MIT engineer for 25 years, he helped design instruments for NASA’s Voyager spacecraft.
MIT welcomes 8 MLK visiting professors and scholars
Scholars’ diverse backgrounds enhance MIT community, research and teaching.
An unexpected twist in cancer metabolism
A cancer-cell quirk could be exploited to develop new drugs that starve tumors.
Nuclear-fuel report challenges key assumptions
MIT study finds no shortage of uranium for nuclear energy for decades, but more research is needed to develop improved fuel-cycle options.
Hockfield says research universities must help cultivate science, math teachers
At a Brookings Institution event, the MIT president warns U.S. STEM-education gap to have ‘disastrous consequences’ on nation.
Galileo revisited: How ribbons roll
In a twist on a classic experiment, MIT researchers discover how flexible cylinders behave when rolling down a slope.