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Human immune cells — in mice
MIT team engineers mice with human immune cells, which could be used to test vaccines for HIV and other diseases.
Reporter's Notebook: Even in the cold, Clover is hot
Campus food truck is filmed for upcoming TLC show
Team predicts satellite could locate hundreds of Earth-sized planets
Researchers say proposed satellite could represent astronomy’s ‘next big leap’ — one that may help find signs of life elsewhere in the universe.
A massive star is born
Time-lapse movie shows that massive stars — which may hold clues about the origins of life — form like their smaller siblings.
Figuring out where to put the carbon
If we plan to keep using fossil fuels, we need to figure out how to sequester the resulting carbon dioxide. New tools from MIT could help evaluate where to do it — and how to keep it contained.
Nutrient mix shows promise in fighting Alzheimer’s
In clinical trial, new approach developed at MIT improves memory in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Silencing the brain with light
MIT neuroengineers find a new way to quickly and reversibly shut off neurons with multiple colors of light, which could lead to new treatments for epilepsy and chronic pain.
Straining forward
Nanowires made of ‘strained silicon’ — silicon whose atoms have been pried slightly apart — show how to keep increases in computer power coming.
3 Questions: Making unemployment work
With large numbers of Americans out of work, economist Ivan Werning suggests some better ways to make unemployment insurance operate
Poverty's researcher
MacArthur Foundation "genius" Esther Duflo, PhD '99, field-tests aid programs to find out which ones work-and why.
New and improved RNA interference
Researchers use RNA interference to silence multiple genes at once. The advance, which one expert calls a ‘substantial breakthrough,’ could lead to new treatments for liver diseases.