Class on digital humanities premieres with tech-savvy approaches
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Storing carbon in the Arctic
While the Arctic Ocean is largely a carbon sink, researchers find parts are also a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Four MIT seniors win Marshall Scholarships
Kate Koch, Colleen Loynachan, Kirin Sinha, and Grace Young will study for two years in the UK.
Researchers unlock a new means of growing intestinal stem cells
Studying these cells could lead to new treatments for diseases ranging from gastrointestinal disease to diabetes.
3-D images, with only one photon per pixel
New scheme could enable laser rangefinders to infer depth from a hundredth as much light — and to produce images from only one nine-hundredth the light.
MIT Center for Integrative Synthetic Biology receives five-year NIH grant
Five-year grant will support research on cancer therapy, artificial tissue homeostasis, and infectious diseases.
'Let’s just do science': The origins of the graduate climate conference
The Graduate Climate Conference, led by MIT graduate students in 2013, is an entirely student-run endeavor with a streak of rebellion.
A possible cause of the end-Permian mass extinction: Lemon juice?
MIT researchers find that rain as acidic as lemon juice may have contributed to massive die-offs on land 252 million years ago.
MIT’s Marc Kastner nominated to head DOE Office of Science
President Obama taps MIT physicist and dean of science to oversee basic energy research.
Biologists ID new cancer weakness
Drugs that block new target gene could make many tumors more vulnerable to chemotherapy.
Broad Institute launches next decade with new $100 million gift
Historic pledge from Eli and Edythe Broad to propel institute into a new decade of biomedical discovery to benefit patients.
Machine learning branches out
An algorithm that extends an artificial-intelligence technique to new tasks could aid in analysis of flight delays and social networks.
Better batteries through biology?
MIT researchers find a way to boost lithium-air battery performance, with the help of modified viruses.
Solving chromosomes’ structure
Scientists find that loops of DNA are key to tightly packing genetic material for cell division.
Turning bacteria into chemical factories
Kristala Jones Prather engineers cells to produce useful compounds such as drugs and biofuels.