Haiti’s plight MIT anthropologist Erica James examines the psychological damage inflicted on the island nation’s inhabitants. June 18, 2010 Read full story →
Coordinated stargazing MIT astronomer leads the first team to study a Kuiper Belt object during a stellar occultation. June 17, 2010 Read full story →
Knight Foundation unveils 2010 Knight News Challenge grant recipients June 16, 2010 Read full story →
Researchers seek to put the squeeze on cancer Cell contractions may be key to initiating new blood-vessel growth near tumors. June 15, 2010 Read full story →
Bill Mitchell, former dean of MIT's School of Architecture and Planning, dies at age 65 He was an outspoken advocate for radically transforming infrastructure to create responsive sustainable cities, and played an instrumental role in transforming MIT's physical campus. June 12, 2010 Read full story →
A new use for gold Engineers turn a drawback — the stickiness of gold nanoparticles — into an advantage. June 11, 2010 Read full story →
Multitasking is no problem for these brain cells Scientists find that neurons in the brain’s planning center can handle more than one kind of job. June 10, 2010 Read full story →
Suresh formally nominated to lead NSF President Obama sends MIT engineering dean’s nomination to the U.S. Senate June 9, 2010 Read full story →
Explained: Quark-gluon plasma By colliding particles, physicists hope to recreate the earliest moments of our universe, on a much smaller scale. June 9, 2010 Read full story →
Emeritus: Sound reasoning MIT emeritus linguist Morris Halle sees his influence live on — and take some unexpected directions June 8, 2010 Read full story →
How the brain recognizes objects A new computational model sheds light on the workings of the human visual system and could help advance artificial-intelligence research, too. June 7, 2010 Read full story →
3 Questions: Noelle Selin on curbing mercury As U.N. negotiations begin this week on a global mercury treaty, an MIT atmospheric scientist explains the challenges ahead. June 7, 2010 Read full story →
MIT Steel Bridge Team breaks into the top 10 at national competition The undergrads won against much larger and more experienced teams June 4, 2010 Read full story →