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Robert Bishop, MIT economist and dean, dies at age 96

A member of the MIT community for seven decades, he was a scholar of microeconomic theory, an innovative teacher, and a dean who helped expand the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

February 13, 2013

Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni, left, and MIT President L. Rafael Reif shook hands as they exchanged signed copies of the renewed partnership agreement between Eni and MIT.

MIT and Eni renew energy partnership

Visiting campus, Paolo Scaroni, head of the Italian energy company, said ‘cooperation between MIT and Eni can give us phenomenal results.’

February 13, 2013

Pieces of a silicon wafer (in gray), used for solar cells or computer chips, can be coated or "passivated" using a vapor deposition process, in which the wires shown here are heated to vaporize polymer materials which then are deposited to coat the surface.

A cooler way to protect silicon surfaces

New room-temperature process could lead to less expensive solar cells and other electronic devices.

February 13, 2013

Research update: Imaging fish in 3-D 

Automated system for high-speed analysis of vertebrate larvae could aid drug development. 

February 12, 2013

Institute Professor emeritus Nevin S. Scrimshaw came to MIT in 1961 as a professor of human nutrition.

Nevin S. Scrimshaw, pioneer in nutrition research, dies at 95

Institute Professor emeritus and recipient of the World Food Prize was the founder of MIT’s former Department of Nutrition and Food Science.

February 11, 2013

Humans and robots work better together following cross-training

Swapping of roles improves efficiency as well as robots’ confidence and humans’ trust.

February 11, 2013

A student-organized snowball fight broke out on Killian Court on Saturday after the height of the storm had passed.

Slideshow: Snow days

Members of the MIT community revel in a wintry wonderland.

February 10, 2013

Engineers at MIT have developed genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not only perform logic functions, but also remember the results.

Cell circuits remember their history

MIT engineers design new synthetic biology circuits that combine memory and logic.

February 10, 2013

What’s the cost and financial value of college?

At MIT, experts say evidence shows the payoff from college education remains high.

February 8, 2013

Scanning electron microscope image of a lymphocyte with HIV cluster.

Bringing a new perspective to infectious disease

Enlisted in the fight against HIV, MIT engineers and scientists contribute new technology, materials and computational studies.

February 8, 2013

Devavrat Shah is an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT.

Networks of probability

Devavrat Shah spans disciplines by looking at networks probabilistically and probabilities as networks.

February 7, 2013

Students, faculty, staff, administrators and guests gathered in Morss Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 6, for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, which focused on 'Illuminating the elements of meritocracy.'

MLK Jr. Breakfast addresses elements of meritocracy

Annual gathering features talks by former NBC executive as well as MIT students and administrators.

February 6, 2013

This diagram shows one of the core-shell nanoparticles embedded in a host material, as described in a paper in <i>Advanced Materials</i>. The motion of electrons, as shown by brown lines, is bent in such a way that they appear to be unaffected by the presence of the particle, thus allowing them to pass with little resistance.

‘Invisible’ particles could enhance thermoelectric devices

New approach could improve the efficiency of devices that harness power from temperature differences.

February 6, 2013

Charles Stewart III is the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science at MIT.

3 Questions: Charles Stewart ranks the voting systems in the 50 states

A new Pew Center project, spurred by MIT research, studies how well states run their elections.

February 6, 2013

A view towards the north of the Karakoram Range, with the village of Khardung in the foreground. Karakoram represents the former Eurasian margin prior to the collision of India and Asia.

India joined with Asia 10 million years later than previously thought

New timeline suggests India’s size before this collision was much smaller than generally assumed.

February 6, 2013

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Humans and robots work better together following cross-training

Slideshow: Snow days

Cell circuits remember their history

What’s the cost and financial value of college?

Bringing a new perspective to infectious disease

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‘Invisible’ particles could enhance thermoelectric devices

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India joined with Asia 10 million years later than previously thought

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