Data mining without prejudice
A new technique for finding relationships between variables in large datasets makes no prior assumptions about what those relationships might be.
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Trillion-frame-per-second video
By using optical equipment in a totally unexpected way, MIT researchers have created an imaging system that makes light look slow.
Kellis wins Niki Award
CSAIL principal investigator honored for contributions to science and technology.
Proteins linked to longevity may be involved in mood control
Excess of sirtuins can produce anxiety, a possible evolutionary adaptation to dietary restriction.
Mass. science teachers' association inducts Vandiver into hall of fame
CEHS outreach and education director teaches abstract scientific concepts with LEGOs.
Researchers link patterns seen in spider silk, melodies
Analogy could help engineers develop materials that make use of repeating patterns.
Kaitlyn Nealon named to Capital One Academic All-America Women's Soccer Team
Sophomore defender becomes fourth player in the history of the women's soccer program to earn honor.
'Movember' at MIT: Changing the face of men’s health
Moustaches sprout around campus all month in support of prostate cancer research.
Allen Lin ’11, MEng ’11 named Marshall Scholar
Recent alum will hone interests in policy, synthetic biology through study in the United Kingdom.
How cancer cells get by on a starvation diet
New study shows that tumor cells, deprived of glucose, alter their metabolism to use other sources of sustenance.