Exposing collagen's double life Discovery that the rigid structural protein can switch to a floppy shape could lead to new treatments for heart disease. May 14, 2010 Read full story →
Cementing success Startup that eyes radical shift in cement industry wins MIT $100K business-plan competition, now in its 20th year. May 14, 2010 Read full story →
Stubbe wins prestigious Welch Award Professor of chemistry and biology honored for her work on enzymes involved in DNA and RNA synthesis May 13, 2010 Read full story →
Building organs block by block Tissue engineers create a new way to assemble artificial tissues, using ‘biological Legos’ — cells transformed into bricks. May 13, 2010 Read full story →
When good enough is better By exploiting a simple but counterintuitive trick, a new system finds sections of computer programs where accuracy can be traded for speed. May 13, 2010 Read full story →
Explained: Directed evolution Speeding up protein evolution in the lab can yield useful molecules that nature never intended. May 13, 2010 Read full story →
NASA chief defends Obama’s space plan In MIT visit, Charles Bolden touts proposed expansion in R&D funding May 12, 2010 Read full story →
Submit information for the 2010 awards website Annual listing goes online this year May 11, 2010 Read full story →
3 Questions: The euro mess MIT Sloan economist Kristin Forbes on the recent troubles roiling the international financial markets May 11, 2010 Read full story →
Mysterious quantum forces unraveled MIT researchers find a way to calculate the effects of Casimir forces, offering a way to keep micromachines’ parts from sticking together. May 11, 2010 Read full story →
Moving in circles MIT scholar’s new book scrutinizes the successes and failures of a unique government experiment meant to help America’s urban poor. May 10, 2010 Read full story →
New project aims for fusion ignition MIT-led Ignitor reactor could be the world’s first to reach major milestone, perhaps paving the way for eventual power production. May 10, 2010 Read full story →
Joshua Jahnke, recently completed graduate studies, dies at age 29 Dying from pancreatic cancer, the U.S. Navy lieutenant was determined to earn his degree. May 7, 2010 Read full story →
Seeing the forest for the trees Object recognition systems that break images into ever smaller parts should be much more efficient and may shed light on how the brain works. May 7, 2010 Read full story →
Tackling cancer on a new front New program at MIT’s Koch Institute targets the growing cancer problem in India. May 7, 2010 Read full story →