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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick addresses a crowd at MIT on April 9.

Patrick outlines economic growth plan at MIT

April 9, 2008

In this magnified image from the PNAS paper, a nerve cell derived from artificially created stem cells is shown after its integration in an animal brain.

Stem cell method treats Parkinson's symptoms in rats

April 7, 2008

Gene's 'selective signature' helps scientists identify instances of natural selection in microbial evolution

April 2, 2008

Engineering again tops U.S. News graduate rankings

March 28, 2008

CDC chief Gerberding to speak at MIT April 2

March 28, 2008

Professor of Archeology and Ancient Technology Dorothy Hosler, back left on the raft, helps row a raft built by four of her students in 2004. Leslie Dewan, standing, recently worked with Hosler to show how similar rafts carried goods through the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans.

Floating a big idea

MIT demonstrates pre-Columbian use of rafts to transport goods

March 19, 2008

Awards & Honors

March 19, 2008

OCW, Elsevier offer free content from thousands of journals

March 19, 2008

This figure shows the structure of a beta-sheet protein, Z1-Z2 telethonin complex, in the giant muscle protein titin. The inset shows the orientation of the protein backbone of three beta strands (in purple) with hydrogen bonds (yellow) holding the assembly together. Buehler and Keten found that hydrogen bonds in beta-sheet structures break in clusters of three or four, even in the presence of man...

A tangled web: CEE researchers unravel the secrets of spider silk's strength

March 19, 2008

MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer, one of two winners of the 2008 Max Planck Research Award, gives a speech at the June 26th award ceremony as part of the 59th annual meeting of the Max Planck Society in Dresden, Germany.

Langer wins major German science award

March 18, 2008

Dean of the School of Engineering, Subra Suresh.

Interview with the dean: Subra Suresh, School of Engineering

March 17, 2008

Awards and Honors

March 13, 2008

Angela Belcher, professor of materials science and engineering.

Shell shock

March 11, 2008

Cancer researchers brief media

March 10, 2008

The MacVicar teachings awards were announced and celebrated at a gathering at Gray House on Friday evening. Gathered to celebrate were, from left, Dean for Undergraduate Education Daniel E. Hastings, Provost Raphael L.. Reif, Sanjay E. Sarma, associate professor of mechanical engineering, Tania Baker, professor of biology, President Susan Hockfield, Barton Zwiebach, professor of physics, Stephen J...

Wieman: To lecture is human, to engage divine

Alum and Nobel winner leads celebration of MacVicar Day

March 10, 2008

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