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3 Questions: Sergey Paltsev on the costs of climate-change legislation
MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change has pegged the annual cost of the proposed cap-and-trade legislation in Congress at $400 per U.S. household. But estimating the cost of doing nothing is far more difficult.
November 5, 2009 -
The Art of Science Television
November 5, 2009 -
Awards and honors: Nov. 4, 2009
Hockfield, Lander, Rivest and Han win awards
November 4, 2009 -
The math gap
MIT economists find a new reason to think that environment, not innate ability, determines how well girls do in math class
November 4, 2009 -
Possible origins of pancreatic cancer revealed
Tumors can arise from different cell types in the pancreas, depending on the circumstances, according to MIT cancer biologists.
November 3, 2009 -
Back to (brain) basics
MIT neuroscientists are using their knowledge of the brain to generate promising treatments for autism, mental retardation and Alzheimer’s disease.
November 3, 2009 -
More jabs needed
Study suggests that vaccinating many more people could slow the seasonal influenza virus's ability to evade vaccines.
October 30, 2009 -
New methods are changing old materials
Computational approach to materials science could bring new properties even to familiar substances such as concrete and steel
October 28, 2009 -
Energy researchers find Obama an eager student
In the President's visit to MIT labs he showed keen interest, quick understanding and warm appreciation, say his hosts
October 27, 2009 -
Cancer research gets physical
5-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will fund projects by physicists that give a new view of cancer cells.
October 27, 2009 -
'Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist'
October 26, 2009 -
Porkolab to receive Maxwell Prize
Prof. Miklos Porkolab will receive the Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics on November 4, during a meeting of the American Physical Society - Division of Plasma Physics.
October 23, 2009 -
Strano, Rubins make PopSci's 'Brilliant 10'
October 23, 2009 -
Renewable fuels may have hidden costs, study says
New analysis shows that without proper regulation, biofuels programs aimed at curbing greenhouse gases could do just the opposite
October 23, 2009 -
Tomaso Poggio receives Okawa Prize for work in computational neuroscience
October 22, 2009 -
Protein is linked to lung cancer development
Drugs that inhibit the protein, which normally helps defend cells from infection, could target tumors in certain lung cancer patients.
October 22, 2009 -
Goldwasser, Stubbe named Franklin Institute laureates
October 21, 2009 -
Letter to the community regarding President Barack Obama's visit
President will deliver address on America's leadership on clean energy
October 20, 2009 -
The easy way to go green
Alum's 'state-of-the-shelf' energy-efficient house is among a bevy of new ideas for curbing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions presented at MIT's annual Energy Night.
October 20, 2009 -
A head of time
For the first time, neuroscientists find brain cells that keep track of time with extreme precision.
October 20, 2009