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Ethan Zuckerman, the new MIT Center for Civic Media director, is als co-founder of Geekcorps and founder of the international blogging platform Global Voices.

Ethan Zuckerman, cyberscholar and activist, to lead MIT Center for Civic Media

He will direct MIT's influential group of technologists and academics committed to empowering communities around the globe by inventing and testing civic media tools and practices.

June 23, 2011

Four was long held to be the number of visual objects the brain can keep in mind at once; any more and the system becomes overloaded. New research shows that this limit may, in fact, depend on where in the visual field they appear.

When four is not four, but rather two plus two

MIT neuroscientists redefine the limits of visual working memory.

June 23, 2011

3 Questions: David Singer on the Greek Euro-tragedy

Political scientist David Singer explains why Greece seemingly can’t live with the Euro, and can’t live without it.

June 22, 2011

From left, Susan Ruff, Haynes Miller and Violeta Ivanova test drive the ECS, a new tool developed in MIT's math department to promote collaboration among teachers.

Sharing wisdom, teacher to teacher

MIT math instructors have developed a tool to help educators get to ‘best practices’ and preserve them for posterity.

June 22, 2011

Ragon Institute researchers identified potential HIV vaccine targets in a subunit of the Gag protein. Six of those subunits come together to form the hexagonal proteins that make up the viral capsid.

Scientists reveal HIV weakness

Vaccines that target newly identified viral protein sequences could be more effective than previous efforts.

June 21, 2011

MIT researchers designed this tiny microfluidic chip that can measure the mass and density of single cells.

How dense is a cell?

Combining an ancient principle with new technology, MIT researchers have devised a way to answer that question.

June 21, 2011

MIT researchers designed nanoparticles that can quickly locate a tumor, then set off a chemical reaction that attracts larger swarms of drug-delivering nanoparticles to the site.

Working in harmony

MIT-designed nanoparticles communicate with each other inside the body to target tumors more efficiently.'

June 20, 2011

Canadian graduate student creates graphene Bruins logo

Student salutes his new hometown team using atomistic simulation

June 17, 2011

The image at left shows tissue from the small intestine of a mouse infected with type II parasites that transgenically expresses the type I ROP16. At right, in a mouse infected with Toxoplasma gondii, the intestines are inflamed and have lost much of their normal structure.

Biologists shed light on a puzzling parasite

New discovery reveals why some forms of Toxoplasma are more dangerous than others.

June 17, 2011

Fifth annual EurekaFest celebrates invention

From the seasoned scientist to the high school hobbyist, Lemelson-MIT festival celebrates the innovative spirit.

June 16, 2011

One of the speakers at TechConnect World, Mary (Missy) Cummings — associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics and and engineering systems — holds a UAV she uses in her projects.

Moving inventions to the marketplace

MIT/Harvard symposium seeks commercial opportunities for emerging technologies.

June 16, 2011

When Deep Shot transfers an open application to a cellphone, it automatically resizes the application window to match the framing of the photo.

You can take it with you

A new system lets you transfer open applications between a computer and a cellphone simply by pointing the phone’s camera at the computer’s screen.

June 16, 2011

Former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm delivers her talk during a clean-energy event at MIT on Tuesday.

A national push for energy innovation

At MIT, former Michigan governor touts new bipartisan initiatives to make the U.S. the world’s clean-energy champ.

June 15, 2011

Scanning electron microscopy images reveal a microscopic, oval-shaped shell with tapered ends, from which an organism’s feet may have extended. The surface of the shell is made up of tiny bits of silica, aluminum and potassium, which the organism likely collected from the environment and glued to form armor.

Life after Snowball Earth

New fossils suggest rapid recovery of life after global freeze.

June 15, 2011

Jinan Railway Station in the Shandong Province of China.

3 Questions: Dennis Frenchman on making cities sustainable

How the form of urban spaces adds to the energy they use.

June 15, 2011

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When four is not four, but rather two plus two

3 Questions: David Singer on the Greek Euro-tragedy

Sharing wisdom, teacher to teacher

Scientists reveal HIV weakness

How dense is a cell?

Working in harmony

Canadian graduate student creates graphene Bruins logo

Biologists shed light on a puzzling parasite

Fifth annual EurekaFest celebrates invention

Moving inventions to the marketplace

You can take it with you

A national push for energy innovation

Life after Snowball Earth

3 Questions: Dennis Frenchman on making cities sustainable

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