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MIT physicist to describe strange world of quarks, gluons

February 17, 2008

Inclusiveness, optimism among strengths of HST's Gray

February 13, 2008

Interview with the dean: Marc Kastner, MIT School of Science

February 6, 2008

Stubbe honored by NAS

January 30, 2008

Singapore's SMART Centre to be intellectual hub for global researchers

January 22, 2008

American Mathematical Society honors Lusztig

January 16, 2008

Waitz to lead Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

January 11, 2008

Brain activity in East Asians and Americans as they make relative and absolute judgments. The arrows point to brain regions involved in attention that are engaged by more demanding tasks. Americans show more activity during relative judgments than absolute judgments, presumably because the former task is less familiar and hence more demanding for them. East Asians show the opposite pattern.

Culture influences brain function, study shows

January 11, 2008

Gift aims to promote new Picower collaborations

January 10, 2008

Dan Gabriner, Weston High School math teacher, works with Maria Picardi Kuffner of MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Surveillance Systems group.

Schoolteachers get a 'lift' at MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Program spurs students to pursue scientific careers

January 4, 2008

Taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, image shows a close up of the rock dubbed 'El Capitan.' The iron-bearing mineral jarosite, which was found in the rock, led MIT and Harvard researchers to posit that early Mars may have had the greenhouse gas sulfur dioxide in its atmosphere.

MIT, Harvard offer solution to Mars enigma

How Mars could have been warm and wet but limestone-free

December 27, 2007

Nicolina Akraboff, left, works on an MIT product engineering course project while Roderick La Foy looks on. The two mechanical engineering seniors were part of a team that sewed discarded, flattened plastic bottles together to create insulation for thin walls in Pakistani homes.

Students unveil eco-product prototypes

December 18, 2007

The twin GRAIL satellites will orbit the moon close together, and constantly monitor the exact timing of radio transmissions between them to reveal any perturbations in their motion caused by variations in the moon's gravity field.

MIT to lead ambitious lunar mission

Twin satellites will study the moon's gravitational pull

December 14, 2007

W1, shown in this file image, will be given new life under a major renovation plan, and students, faculty and staff will play key roles in shaping its future.

Students to play role in shaping future of W1

December 12, 2007

A promotional poster launched this semester showcases the broad range of arts at MIT. Thanks to a series of technological upgrades, it is becoming easier to get information about art events at the Institute.

The art of communication

Making arts information at MIT more accessible