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Four professors named 2013 MacVicar Fellows
Griffith, Miller, Schulz and Teng awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.
Better buildings, better lives
Whether working on clean water for a Ugandan village or studying concrete reinforced with natural fibers, MIT senior Marisa Simmons is a civil engineer looking out for the world.
Boyden to share prestigious brain prize
Ed Boyden honored for his work on optogenetics; will share 1 million Euro prize with five other researchers.
Practicing medicine at the nanoscale
New approaches to drug delivery offer hope for new, more targeted treatments.
MIT ‘cheetah’ robot rivals running animals in efficiency
Robot’s custom-designed electric motors are powerful and efficient.
3 Questions: MIT biologist on new resveratrol study
Link between the compound found in red wine and anti-aging protein offers support for drug efforts, Leonard Guarente says.
Zuber addresses potential impact of federal sequestration on MIT research
In a letter to principal investigators and researchers, MIT's vice president for research outlines the possible impact here.
Research update: Chemists find help from nature in fighting cancer
Study of several dozen compounds based on a fungal chemical shows potent anti-tumor activity.
Demaine named Presburger Award recipient
Professor Erik Demaine was cited for his contributions to computational geometry and data structures.
MIT report identifies keys to new American innovation
From ‘Main Street’ firms to multinationals, improvements possible in funding of research, collaboration among manufacturers.
MIT hosts American Junior Academy of Science delegates
The Institution provides day’s worth of activities for more than 200 conference attendees.
That’s the way the droplets adhere
New technique developed by MIT researchers provides first direct views of how drops and bubbles adhere to surfaces — and how they let go.