Haiti’s plight
MIT anthropologist Erica James examines the psychological damage inflicted on the island nation’s inhabitants.
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Coordinated stargazing
MIT astronomer leads the first team to study a Kuiper Belt object during a stellar occultation.
Researchers seek to put the squeeze on cancer
Cell contractions may be key to initiating new blood-vessel growth near tumors.
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.
A new use for gold
Engineers turn a drawback — the stickiness of gold nanoparticles — into an advantage.
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.
Suresh formally nominated to lead NSF
President Obama sends MIT engineering dean’s nomination to the U.S. Senate
Explained: Quark-gluon plasma
By colliding particles, physicists hope to recreate the earliest moments of our universe, on a much smaller scale.
Emeritus: Sound reasoning
MIT emeritus linguist Morris Halle sees his influence live on — and take some unexpected directions
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.
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.
MIT Steel Bridge Team breaks into the top 10 at national competition
The undergrads won against much larger and more experienced teams