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Top high school students compete in Blue Lobster Bowl at MIT

Massachusetts high schools students match wits to answer quick buzzer questions and more complex team challenge questions in areas such as biology, marine science, chemistry, and ocean engineering.

January 20, 2010

The Y chromosome, right, is dwarfed by the much larger X chromosome.

Y chromosomes evolving rapidly

By comparing human and chimpanzee Y chromosome sequences, Whitehead Institute geneticists show the Y is undergoing swift change.

January 14, 2010

Human immune cells — in mice

MIT team engineers mice with human immune cells, which could be used to test vaccines for HIV and other diseases.

January 13, 2010

If approved, TESS would spend two years searching the sky for planets orbiting roughly 2.5 million nearby stars.

Team predicts satellite could locate hundreds of Earth-sized planets

Researchers say proposed satellite could represent astronomy’s ‘next big leap’ — one that may help find signs of life elsewhere in the universe.

January 12, 2010

Mouse neuron expressing Arch gene

Silencing the brain with light

MIT neuroengineers find a new way to quickly and reversibly shut off neurons with multiple colors of light, which could lead to new treatments for epilepsy and chronic pain.

January 7, 2010

Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers honors Kathleen Vandiver

January 6, 2010

Biology professor Hidde Ploegh on global pandemics

January 5, 2010

Cash prizes available for ideas to improve research mentorship

January 4, 2010

Awards & Honors: Dec. 18, 2009

December 18, 2009

Eight from MIT named AAAS fellows

Institute researchers are recognized for ‘scientifically or socially distinguished’ contributions.

December 17, 2009

Chains of superparamagnetic colloidal particles rotate to produce flows on length scales much larger than the chain dimensions, allowing them to behave like "micro-ants" that can move large particles.

‘Micro-ants’: Tiny conveyor belts for the 21st century

A new method of moving tiny particles using magnetic polymer beads and magnetic fields could find uses in microchips and in medicine

December 15, 2009

The 'sci' behind the 'fi'

A public television program explores the ways real science is starting to catch up with the futuristic visions in Star Trek.

December 11, 2009

Padma Lakshmi, host of Bravo’s “Top Chef” program

Padma Lakshmi to help launch new endometriosis research center at MIT

December 4, 2009

Linda Griffith, professor of biological and mechanical engineering

Engineering a cure

Biological engineering professor Linda Griffith launches a new center to study endometriosis and other gynecological diseases.

December 3, 2009

Vinayak Muralidhar, left, and Tanya Goldhaber.

Two from MIT win Marshall Scholarships

Seniors Tanya Goldhaber and Vinayak Muralidhar will pursue graduate studies in Britain beginning next year.

December 1, 2009