Sports Shorts for Nov. 14: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics Field hockey advances to NCAA Elite Eight; 45 student-athletes named Academic All-Conference November 14, 2011 Read full story →
Taylor Fravel decodes China’s foreign policy A political scientist analyzes the decisions of a world power. November 14, 2011 Read full story →
Gobind Khorana, MIT professor emeritus, dies at 89 Nobel-winning biochemist made seminal contributions to genetics, was a loyal teacher and mentor. November 10, 2011 Read full story →
3 Questions: Michael Piore on labor disputes at the ballot box Labor economist sizes up the impact and meaning of this week’s high-profile Ohio referendum to restore collective bargaining rights for public employees. November 10, 2011 Read full story →
Rethinking the fall of Rome’s republic Historian’s innovative hypothesis paints new picture of ancient Italy and aims to explain how the Roman Republic fell. November 9, 2011 Read full story →
Using a phone to fly a drone Pilotless planes at MIT controlled via iPhones in Seattle. November 8, 2011 Read full story →
Educating young women, rebuilding Cambodia Alan Lightman discusses his social entrepreneurial work in building the first college dormitories for women in Cambodia. November 7, 2011 Read full story →
AUVs: From idea to implementation One day, researchers predict, these robots will be able to do tasks without a human in the loop. November 7, 2011 Read full story →
Remembering Satto Tonegawa Friends and family say MIT freshman was the consummate scientist, with a sense of humor and kindness to match. November 4, 2011 Read full story →
Blooming ocean fronts Study finds fronts are hot spots for phytoplankton blooms. November 4, 2011 Read full story →
Summers: To end slump, United States must spend In MIT remarks, former Treasury secretary calls for the ‘common sense’ cure of more government spending to spur growth. November 4, 2011 Read full story →
Many man-made and natural networks have same underlying architecture In first DES4, Albert-László Barabási explains the concept of scale-free networks using the Web. November 3, 2011 Read full story →
Making a Nobel-winning chemistry reaction even better New catalyst offers greater control over the synthesis of organic cyclic compounds, including potential cancer drugs. November 3, 2011 Read full story →
Exploring the inner workings of materials From concrete to cancer cells, Van Vliet brings an engineer’s mindset to the study of biology and materials. November 2, 2011 Read full story →
New algorithm could substantially speed up MRI scans Faster scans could reduce the time patients spend in the machine from 45 to 15 minutes. November 1, 2011 Read full story →