Suntharalingam receives 2014 Dalton Young Researchers Award Selected for contributions to the design and development of new metallo-pharmaceuticals and to the understanding of their complex mechanisms of action. May 8, 2014 Read full story →
Chemotherapy timing is key to success Nanoparticles that stagger delivery of two drugs knock out aggressive tumors in mice. May 8, 2014 Read full story →
Letter to MIT community regarding new Institute-wide environment initiative May 8, 2014 Read full story →
Bruno Perreau examines the politics of adoption in France A lens for views on gender, parenthood, and "Frenchness." May 8, 2014 Read full story →
Exploring Mars with the Curiosity rover: The search for ancient habitable environments EAPS inaugural Brace Lecture will feature NASA Curiosity rover chief scientist John Grotzinger May 7, 2014 Read full story →
IDEAS winners aim to improve the world’s “quality of life” Contest awards thousands of dollars to 13 teams tackling environmental and health challenges in developing countries. May 6, 2014 Read full story →
Female scholars led by MIT anthropologist Susan Silbey illuminate path to commonsense regulation Journal volume advances research stalled by political agendas May 6, 2014 Read full story →
MIT Professor David Simchi-Levi’s Risk Exposure Index (REI) used by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction REI methodology beginning to influence thinking beyond the supply chain world May 2, 2014 Read full story →
Four professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences Acemoglu, Brown, Grossman, and Grove bring to 77 the number of MIT faculty who are NAS members. April 30, 2014 Read full story →
Doing more AeroAstro’s flexible degree program helped Kwami Williams pursue his passion to change the world. April 28, 2014 Read full story →
Biotech to the rescue Ram Sasisekharan’s startups provide novel methods to fight disease and make better drugs. April 26, 2014 Read full story →
3 Questions: Seth Mnookin on research to encourage vaccination MIT professor co-authors AAAS report calling for dedicated research on vaccination decisions. April 25, 2014 Read full story →
Brewing up sustainability Novel system devised by MIT spinout Cambrian Innovation uses microbes to treat, extract power from wastewater. April 25, 2014 Read full story →
Smart components that assemble themselves Skylar Tibbits launches the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, where researchers are building materials that can coalesce on their own to form structures. April 24, 2014 Read full story →