Why some tumors withstand treatment Researchers uncover a mechanism that allows cancer cells to evade targeted therapies. March 16, 2016 Read full story →
U.S. News gives top rankings to MIT graduate programs in engineering, business MIT is home to No. 1 graduate engineering program; MIT Sloan is No. 5 business school. March 16, 2016 Read full story →
Architecture symposium March 30 and 31: Exploring the campus then, now, next Event welcomes more than 20 speakers over four sessions on designing places for inventing the future. March 15, 2016 Read full story →
Paving the way for metastasis Cancer cells remodel their environment to make it easier to reach nearby blood vessels. March 15, 2016 Read full story →
Creating postdoc connections The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science pilots new ways to build leadership and teamwork skills for its postdocs. March 14, 2016 Read full story →
IDSS conversations: Guy Bresler Assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science discusses his work focusing on learning graphical models from data. March 11, 2016 Read full story →
3Q: Bruce Tidor on the MIT Skoltech partnership Collaboration has created a pioneering new graduate university in Russia, says project director. March 10, 2016 Read full story →
How cancer cells fuel their growth Scientists surprised to find amino acids, not sugar, supply most building blocks for tumor cells. March 7, 2016 Read full story →
Four professors named 2016 MacVicar Faculty Fellows Devadas, Grossman, Sipser, and Tang awarded MIT’s highest undergraduate teaching award. March 7, 2016 Read full story →
Neuroscientists discover a gene that controls worms’ behavioral state Gene required for the control of behavioral state is also found in humans, may be linked to autism. March 3, 2016 Read full story →
How diet influences colon cancer Study ties high-fat diet to changes in intestinal stem cells, may help explain increased cancer risk. March 2, 2016 Read full story →
McGovern Institute for Brain Research awards Scolnick Prize to neurogeneticist Cori Bargmann Bargmann honored for her work on the genetic and neural mechanisms that control behavior in the nematode C. elegans. March 1, 2016 Read full story →
Code of the humans New book by Noam Chomsky and Robert Berwick explores how people acquired unique language skills. March 1, 2016 Read full story →
Camilo Ruiz named 2016 Gates Cambridge Scholar MIT senior will pursue advanced degree in computer science at Cambridge University. February 29, 2016 Read full story →
A new way to discover DNA modifications Researchers systematically find molecules that help regulate and protect DNA. February 29, 2016 Read full story →