Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve
MIT team’s nanoparticles could become a safer alternative to gene therapy delivered by viruses.
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The politics of climate fixes
Judith Layzer says there’s no easy way out when it comes to climate change — but that geo-engineering might be a last-ditch solution.
Blowin' in the wind
Students bring wind-speed monitoring equipment to campus to evaluate potential sites for a wind turbine.
3 Questions: Sergey Paltsev on the costs of climate-change legislation
MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change has pegged the annual cost of the proposed cap-and-trade legislation in Congress at $400 per U.S. household. But estimating the cost of doing nothing is far more difficult.
The math gap
MIT economists find a new reason to think that environment, not innate ability, determines how well girls do in math class
3 Questions: Jeffrey Harris on why we still don't have an HIV vaccine
The MIT economist blames inadequate incentives for the failure to develop a vaccine against the virus that causes AIDS. He argues governments should help industry create an HIV vaccine by sharing risk.
Remembering David Schauer
Professor’s ‘academic family’ recalls the life and work of the infectious disease expert.
Possible origins of pancreatic cancer revealed
Tumors can arise from different cell types in the pancreas, depending on the circumstances, according to MIT cancer biologists.
Back to (brain) basics
MIT neuroscientists are using their knowledge of the brain to generate promising treatments for autism, mental retardation and Alzheimer’s disease.
Data points of light
MIT’s undergraduates fight poverty one statistic at a time, thanks to coordination between the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.
Secure computers aren’t so secure
Even well-defended computers can leak shocking amounts of private data. MIT researchers seek out exotic attacks in order to shut them down
More jabs needed
Study suggests that vaccinating many more people could slow the seasonal influenza virus's ability to evade vaccines.
Explained: P vs. NP
The most notorious problem in theoretical computer science remains open, but the attempts to solve it have led to profound insights.