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From left, Ray Kurzweil, Rodney Brooks and David Gelernter speak at 'Creativity: The mind, machines and mathematics' held at MIT Nov. 30.

Hard drives will evolve into soft hearts ... or not

CSAIL debate on machine consciousness ends in a draw

December 5, 2006

New media, fan muscle will mold TV future

November 22, 2006

Soap Box speakers urge energy conservation

November 13, 2006

Members of Team Slovenia erupt in jubilation upon learning they won the BioBrick, the grand prize for the iGEM 2006 competition. The University of Ljubljana students are, from left, Rok Tkavc, Jernej Kovac, Matej Skocaj and Jelka Pohar. Offering congratulations in front are iGEM Ambassadors James Brown of Cambridge University and Melissa Li of Georgia Tech.

Gene machine takes the prize

Cells engineered to prevent sepsis win synthetic biology competition

November 9, 2006

MIT novelist makes his peace with war stories

November 9, 2006

Building technology expert describes studies of daylight

Marilyne Andersen speaks about utilizing natural light

November 8, 2006

Irene Porro demonstrates how to use a 'sunspotter' to safely show the sun and sun spots on it to a group of Somerville schoolchildren in 2001. Porro, education and public outreach scientist at the MIT Kavli Institute, has recently helped secure a grant to develop a youth astronomy apprenticeship program at MIT.

Astronomer develops youth apprenticeship program

November 7, 2006

A century of art crammed into a decade

Panelists cite thrills, threats to new media

November 6, 2006

Gilberte Furstenberg, above, created 'Cultura' so students may see 'where the Pont Neuf meets the Brooklyn Bridge.'

French language program plumbs cultural depths

Students learn where the Pont Neuf meets the Brooklyn Bridge

October 27, 2006

Model of One Laptop Per Child computer. MIT Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte gave a talk Oct. 19 on the inexpensive laptop he hopes to make available to children in developing countries.

Laptops will link global learners

Negroponte shares vision for children

October 24, 2006

Sustainability guides 'Soap Box' energy panel

Automotive, building industries should take the lead

October 23, 2006

Possibilities and challenges ahead for engineers

Charles Vest talk focuses on nano scale and large-systems scale

October 18, 2006

Institute of Medicine elects three from MIT

October 11, 2006

MIT will host conference on voting

Political scientists to take on controversial voter ID, privacy issues

October 2, 2006

Sensing calcium as it flows into neurons following firing can potentially track information flow throughout the brain's circuitry. Now, an MIT team has developed a calcium contrast agent for non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging detection. At top, a schematic shows how nanoparticles coated with two proteins (red and green) form mixed aggregates in the presence of calcium. The bottom panel shows ...

Nanoparticles to aid brain imaging, team reports

September 27, 2006

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