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An MIT project aimed at monitoring owls in their natural environment is growing into an international collaboration on how to use widespread networks of citizen-scientists to gain new insights into a wide variety of species.

Call of the wild

MIT project aims to understand owls and other wildlife

August 22, 2008

MIT zeroes in on Alzheimer's structures

Work could lead to new drugs for the common disease

August 21, 2008

A sensible censor for sharing medical records

MIT-developed software helps protect patient privacy

July 23, 2008

Lemelson-MIT's EurekaFest to celebrate inventing

June 24, 2008

Cancer symposium to focus on nanotechnology

June 24, 2008

The MIT-designed Digital Water Pavilion, featuring water walls that can be programmed to display patterns and images, was unveiled June 12 at the opening of the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('zaragoza-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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MIT Digital Water Pavilion makes a splash in Spain

Programmable water walls can 'open like the Red Sea for Moses'

June 11, 2008

$Gratings used to manipulate X-rays for future space telescopes and other applications,Â like tiny miniaturized venetian blinds,Â were created using this interference lithography patterning tool, called the nanoruler, developed at MIT's Space Nanotechnology Laboratory. The colorful, diffracting wafer at center has a diameter of 12 inches.$

MIT team develops better X-ray nanomirrors

Nanotechnology will enhance future telescopes

June 9, 2008

Muhammad Yunus

Commencement address by Muhammad Yunus

"Each of you has the power to change the world"

June 6, 2008

Yunus tells MIT grads they can 'change the world'

June 6, 2008

Nancy Leveson

Who ya gonna call? Riskbuster!

Professor Nancy Leveson has developed unique approach to managing risky businesses

May 21, 2008

The new, thin material developed by MIT engineers for use in methanol fuel cells.

MIT creates new material for fuel cells

Increases power output by more than 50 percent

May 16, 2008

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Hal Abelson, left, stands proudly with students who won the Google Android Prize, just after their presentation. They are Christina Wright,senior in electrical engineering and computer science, Claire Bayley,sophomore in physics, Carter Jernigan, senior in electrical engineering and computer science, and Jasper Lin, senior in math.

Four undergraduates win $25,000 prize in Google mobile software competition

May 12, 2008

Vials of lipid-like molecules developed by a team from MIT and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Some of the compounds have successfully delivered RNA interference agents in animals.

Team develops safe, effective RNA interference technique

Method holds promise for treating cancer and infection

April 27, 2008

Deval Patrick addresses a crowd at MIT on Earth Day, April 22. The Massachusetts governor told the crowd that positioning the state as a center of innovation and clean energy alternatives could result in significant economic benefits.

Governor says Mass. can reap benefits from clean energy

April 23, 2008

Record-breaking Daedalus project marks 20th anniversary

April 22, 2008