A natural light switch
MIT scientists identify and map the protein behind a light-sensing mechanism.
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Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker heralds innovation-based growth
Discussion with President Reif during MIT visit focuses on policy support for new growth.
Inside climate politics
Study: Pattern of winners and losers explains U.S. policy on fuel subsidies.
New legal program to support students
MIT and Boston University School of Law launch innovative collaboration in business and cyber law.
The sound of (new) music
MIT composer Tod Machover debuts multiple new works at prestigious Lucerne Festival.
Timing devices
Anna Mikusheva refines the tools of time-series econometrics to develop better forecasting.
How language gives your brain a break
Study: In dozens of languages, words that work together stay together.
Study: Firms “underinvest” in long-term cancer research
Tweaks to the R&D pipeline could create new drugs and greater social benefit.
The U.S.-Iran nuclear deal: MIT’s experts size it up
Faculty and specialists weigh in on potential pact and global implications.
3 Questions: Michel DeGraff on Haiti’s new policy for teaching in Kreyòl
MIT scholar, and advocate of native-language instruction, backs linguistic change.
Data-driven design
MIT-hosted urban planning conference highlights explosion of information on cities.
3 Questions: Jennifer Light on new media and democracy
MIT historian of technology discusses new work examining “digital citizenship.”
3 Questions: Carlo Ratti on big data and health predictions
MIT researcher discusses a new study on correlations among medical problems.