Ecological balancing act
Phytoplankton diversity depends on balance between competition and the ocean’s physical dynamics, new research suggests
New technique offers a more detailed view of brain activity
‘Cleverly designed' MRI sensors detect dopamine, offering a high-resolution look at what’s happening inside the brain.
Ancient hurricanes
Intense hurricane activity millions of years ago may have caused and sustained warmer climate conditions, new research suggests
Explained: Linear and nonlinear systems
Much scientific research across a range of disciplines tries to find linear approximations of nonlinear behaviors. But what does that mean?
Life beyond our universe
MIT physicists explore the possibility of life in universes with laws different from our own.
McGovern Institute honors pioneers in neurogenetics
The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT announced today that Lily Jan and Yuh-Nung Jan will be the joint winners of the 2010 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience.
Unraveling black hole spin
Retrograde spin of supermassive black holes may create jets that control galaxy evolution
Congressman Markey visits Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Lawmaker observes experiments under way at campus facility
Zipporah Levinson, Department of Mathematics’ ‘den mother,’ dies at age 93
The wife of the late Institute Professor Norman Levinson opened her home to many of the department’s mathematicians
Awards and Honors: February 5, 2010
Faculty awarded early career grants; win investment research prize
Record-breaking collisions
Initial results from high-energy proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider offer first glimpse of physics at new energy frontier.
Peering inside an artificial sun
Techniques developed by MIT center provide detailed images from the inside of hellishly hot core of advanced fusion experiments
Mapping the brain
MIT scientists are making computers smart enough to see the connections between the brain's neurons
3 Questions: Bradford Hager on Haiti’s coming quakes
The MIT geophysicist expects more earthquakes could hit the region relatively soon.
Power from down under
Earth’s own heat could provide vast amounts of clean electricity, and current MIT research could help make it feasible