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PET Scans Showing PiB Uptake in the brain of a cognitively healthy person (left) and in the brain of a person with AD (right).

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.
Indian women and children wait at a clinic where J-PAL researchers investigate a better way to bring medical treatment to developing areas.

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.
This colorized negative-stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicts the ultrastructural details of a number of influenza virus particles, or “virions."

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.

Charter schools, studied

MIT economists are trying to learn how and why some Boston charter schools were able to produce stunning results. What they discover could serve as a lesson for America’s struggling public schools.
Joel Dawson, associate professor of electrical engineering

A new way to measure muscle

MIT engineer Joel Dawson and colleagues built a handheld probe that could help doctors monitor muscle atrophy in patients with Lou Gehrig's Disease and similar ailments.

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