Identifying a key growth factor in cell proliferation Researchers discover that aspartate is a limiter of cell proliferation. July 30, 2015 Read full story →
Colette Heald awarded AGU James Macelwane Medal Professor in civil and environmental engineering and earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences will be honored at an awards ceremony in December. July 27, 2015 Read full story →
Spit take A newly discovered feeding behavior in worms could shed light on human heart function. July 23, 2015 Read full story →
Hartley Rogers, Jr., professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 89 Mathematician’s 53-year career at MIT included service as associate provost from 1974 to 1980. July 22, 2015 Read full story →
How do you hack health care? With MIT Hacking Medicine, brilliant minds converge at MIT to contribute to design thinking for health care. July 20, 2015 Read full story →
Making clean, high-quality fuels from low-quality oil New insights into a promising approach to fuel production that would reduce costs, energy use, and carbon dioxide emissions. July 17, 2015 Read full story →
A spot market for water Sourcewater pioneers an exchange for trading and recycling water for oil and gas production and other operations. July 16, 2015 Read full story →
Toward cheaper water treatment MIT spinout makes treating, recycling highly contaminated oilfield water more economical July 15, 2015 Read full story →
Solving mysteries of conductivity in polymers Materials seen as promising for optoelectronics and thermoelectric devices finally yield their secrets. July 14, 2015 Read full story →
“A new leadership cadre for science and engineering” MIT and Total partner to improve technical instruction in African universities. July 14, 2015 Read full story →
Data-driven design MIT-hosted urban planning conference highlights explosion of information on cities. July 14, 2015 Read full story →
Computer program fixes old code faster than expert engineers What takes coders months, CSAIL’s “Helium” can do in an hour. July 9, 2015 Read full story →
Why do puddles stop spreading? Simple everyday phenomenon was unexplained by physics — until now. July 9, 2015 Read full story →
High school students find their MathROOTS at MIT Program aims to inspire female and underrepresented minority students to pursue STEM fields. July 8, 2015 Read full story →
Materials science master class Professor W. Craig Carter leads a collaborative effort to build a materials science curriculum online with integrated programming and active student engagement. July 7, 2015 Read full story →