A new look at prolonged radiation exposure
MIT study suggests that at low dose-rate, radiation poses little risk to DNA.
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The elusive capacity of networks
Calculating the total capacity of a data network is a notoriously difficult problem, but information theorists are beginning to make some headway.
Entrepreneurial students dive into product design and development
Joint MIT-RISD course yields concepts from iPad-friendly backpacks to waste-free sugar.
Sports Shorts for May 14: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
MIT leads NEWMAC in Academic All-Conference honors; men's tennis reaches third round of NCAA tournament.
A physicist and an inventor
New technologies from Marin Soljacic’s lab could have a far-reaching impact on daily life.
Some MIT freshmen get high-level advisors
Top administrators ‘walk the talk’ by advising members of the Class of 2015.
Whirr, click, hum: Robots go at it in 2.007 finale
Competition concludes mechanical design class, unleashing a wide variety of spinning, pumping and striking robots.
One-two punch knocks out aggressive breast cancer cells
New MIT study shows that staggered delivery of cancer drugs is far more effective than administering them at the same time.
Exploding the myths of manufacturing
MIT conference explores the complex state of an industry showing signs of revival.
2012–13 Knight Science Journalism Fellows announced
30th class will study science, health, environment and technology at MIT.
Taking credit
When Thailand’s government started offering microfinance loans to villagers, did anyone benefit? An MIT economist investigates.
3 Questions: Hanna Rose Shell on the hidden history of camouflage
Historian of technology’s new book traces the surprisingly recent invention of a standard military practice.
Studying school quality, to fight inequality
New MIT center examines education and its lifelong effects.
In search of new ways of producing nano-materials
Jing Kong’s research focuses on how to make and control novel forms of thin-film carbon.
