Study shows unified process of evolution in bacteria and sexual eukaryotes
A single gene mutation can sweep through a population, opening the door for the concept of ‘species’ in bacteria.
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How to corner the MEMS market
Government investment in the manufacture of micromachines could pay huge dividends, but in the meantime, MIT researchers are developing new fabrication techniques.
Seeing the music in nature
From spider webs to tangled proteins, Markus Buehler finds the connections between mathematics, molecules and materials.
Buehler to receive Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Materials Research Society
Honored for highly innovative and creative work in computational modeling
Predicting how proteins will partner
Amy Keating models critical interactions that underlie most cellular functions.
What lies ahead for science and science writing?
10th anniversary of MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing celebrates past, looks to future.
Faster way to probe proteins
Infrared spectroscopy allows scientists to analyze protein structure on an ultrafast timescale.
Researchers show that memories reside in specific brain cells
Simply activating a tiny number of neurons can conjure an entire memory.
MacVicar Day celebrates the chemistry of collaboration
Speakers honor Margaret MacVicar and Robert Silbey.
New tools to answer timeless questions
Alan Jasanoff is designing imaging sensors that could help reveal the brain’s inner workings.
Scott Aaronson wins NSF’s Alan T. Waterman Award
National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award will help fuel CSAIL researcher’s work.
Corporation names members of Presidential Search Committee
Panel includes 12 members of the Corporation and 10 faculty members; six students named to Student Advisory Committee.
Sometimes the quickest path is not a straight line
New methods and software developed at MIT can predict optimal paths for automated underwater vehicles.
Freeing radicals from their negative connotations
Killian Award recipient JoAnne Stubbe says some free radicals can be good for you.
Koch Institute, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center announce launch of 'Bridge Project' to attack most-lethal forms of cancer
Institutions, research teams, non-profit organizations join forces in novel approaches targeting pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma.