A head of time
For the first time, neuroscientists find brain cells that keep track of time with extreme precision.
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3 Questions: Steven Nahn on the elusive Higgs boson
Troubles at the Large Hadron Collider have led some physicists to suggest the Higgs boson is sabotaging its own discovery. Nahn explains why he disagrees.
In Profile: Matt Wilson
By listening in on rat brains, the Picower Institute neuroscientist tries to understand the role of sleep in learning and memory
Richard Yamamoto, physics professor, dies at 74
The particle physicist came to MIT in 1953 and spent his entire career at the Institute. A memorial service will be held on campus on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Bursting the sun's bubble
New observations indicate the heliosphere — the sun's sphere of influence — has a different shape than theorists had expected.
Physicist wins Packard Fellowship
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero will use the unrestricted funding to study materials that follow unusual rules of physics.
Fuel cells get a boost
Creating tiny steps to electrode surfaces can double the efficiency of the emissions-free electricity sources, MIT researchers find.
Saving labor
Political scientist Richard Locke says our system of improving factory conditions around the world is broken.
He proposes a new solution.
He proposes a new solution.
Against the common gouda
The government regulates how food is produced. MIT anthropologist Heather Paxson studies the rebellious cheese-makers who reluctantly adhere to those rules.
Two from MIT elected to the Institute of Medicine
Professor of Economics Amy Finkelstein and Tyler Jacks, director of the Koch Institute, join arm of the National Academies of Science.
MIT alum garners economics nobel
Oliver Williamson '55 a co-winner, for work on the theory of the firm