3 Questions: Phillip Sharp calls for 'New Biology' push
The U.S. needs an ambitious biology research initiative to tackle broad challenges involving food, energy, the environment and health, says Nobel laureate.
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NIH picks Samson, Griffith and Bhatia for innovation grants
Pioneer, T-R01 awards aimed to spur 'out of the box' research
Harnessing nanopatterns
New findings show that tiny textures on a surface can produce big differences in how some materials, and even living cells, behave
In Profile: Scott Manalis
His technology to weigh single cells led to an unexpected research focus: figuring out how cancerous cells escape normal growth controls.
MIT’s Male Math Maze: no doubt things have changed ... or have they?
An autobiographical account of MIT's math department in the 1980s by playwright and performer Gioia De Cari SM '88 has sold out its run at the Central Square Theater and generated widespread discussion about how much, or how little, things have changed at MIT.
A turning point in the struggle against cancer?
Using new tools, ideas and ways of working, MIT biologists and engineers hope to change paradigm.
Biochemist JoAnne Stubbe wins National Medal of Science
Nation's top science honor goes to MIT biochemist for her role in helping reveal the mechanism of enzymes involved in DNA replication and repair
In Profile: Leonard Guarente
Biology professor discovered a gene at the center of aging. Now that research is yielding therapies that target the diseases of old age.
Cement’s basic molecular structure finally decoded
Robustness comes from messiness, not a clean geometric arrangement
Fish and chips
New robots mimic fish's swimming and could explore areas where traditional underwater autonomous vehicles can't currently go.