A hard rain's gonna fall Climate change will yield more extreme rainfall, according to a new analysis. August 17, 2009 Read full story →
A new way to prepare fluorinated pharmaceuticals New method gives drug designers more flexibility August 13, 2009 Read full story →
Taking space in stride New analysis could lead to better lunar, Mars spacesuits August 13, 2009 Read full story →
Researchers make carbon nanotubes without metal catalyst Oxides, as well as metals, seem to be able to sprout carbon nanotubes, study finds August 10, 2009 Read full story →
New planet-finder shows its power Kepler orbiting telescope should soon find alien Earths August 6, 2009 Read full story →
Tumor mutations can predict chemo success Genetic profiling of tumors could have 'immediate impact' on treating cancer, study shows August 6, 2009 Read full story →
Task Force group relishes 'shared sense of experiment' Student Life Working Group finds reasons for optimism amid economic challenges August 4, 2009 Read full story →
MIT commercial property price index posts record drop Gauge declines 18 percent in second quarter, but signs of bottom appear August 3, 2009 Read full story →
Nanoparticles target ovarian cancer New gene therapy technique could fight late-stage tumors July 30, 2009 Read full story →
Jupiter, solar system's 'big bully,' takes a punch Apparent strike by comet highlights planet's benefit to Earth, MIT professor says July 30, 2009 Read full story →
Breaking the law, at the nanoscale Bringing objects close together can boost radiation heat transfer, according to new study that shows breakdown in Planck's law July 29, 2009 Read full story →
MIT groups see sun darken Faculty-led groups in Asia watched century's longest solar eclipse July 29, 2009 Read full story →
Barcodes for the rest of us Tiny labels could pack lots of information, enable new uses July 24, 2009 Read full story →
What makes a rolling landscape roll? New study explains evenly spaced ridges and valleys; could help identify signs of life on other planets. July 22, 2009 Read full story →