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Professor of Anthropology and author of "Alien Ocean" Stefan Helmreich by a map showing areas where the microbes his subjects study proliferate.

Aliens at sea

Anthropologist Helmreich studies researchers studying ocean microbes

February 5, 2009

Evidence of early sponges was found in these sediments in Oman, a Marinoan age (about 635 million yearÂ old) rock unit of calcium carbonate deposited on rocks of glacial origin. The oldest sponge steroids detected in sedimentary rocks underlie this cap carbonate, and so pre-date the end of the global Marinoan glaciations.

Signs point to sponges as earliest animal life

'Chemical fossils' provide evidence for first multicelled creatures

February 4, 2009

Phillip (Terry) and Susan Ragon hold a copy of The Boston Globe issue that announced the creation of the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute. All the principals -- the Ragons as well as the leaders of MGH, MIT and Harvard -- signed the newspaper.

Alum's $100 million gift targets AIDS vaccine

Ragon Institute to tackle quintessential MIT problem

February 4, 2009

3 Questions: Kosta Tsipis on nuclear proliferation

February 3, 2009

Media Lab student Amit Zoran shows the Chameleon Guitar, along with a variety of the interchangeable soundboards -- made of different woods and other materials -- that can be inserted to alter the guitar's acoustic characteristics.

'Chameleon Guitar' blends old-world and high-tech

Guitar built by a student at MIT's Media Lab promises to provide the best of electronic and acoustic.

February 3, 2009

The TransitionÂ® Roadable Light Sport Aircraft Proof of Concept with wings extended at Lawrence Municipal Airport.

Road-worthy plane? Or sky-worthy car?

Alums to begin test flights of 'roadable plane'

February 2, 2009

Johnnetta Cole to address MLK breakfast

February 2, 2009

Ed Boyden, seated, Rutledge Ellis-Behnke, middle, and Joost Bonsen, met in Boyden's lab to discuss the class they teach together on neurotechnology as a discipline.

Burgeoning field of neurotech spawns brainy businesses

MIT positioning students for rapidly growing discipline

January 29, 2009

A shot in a scene from Nishima Chudasama's interview with Jeff Morris, a Vietnam veteran she filmed as part of an IAP class that encouraged participants to seek out untold stories in the Boston area.

Who Lives Here?

Actress puts MIT class behind the camera

January 28, 2009

Darwin lives

MIT conference marks famed naturalist's 200th birthday

January 28, 2009

Physicists discover surprising variation in superconductors

Work may lead to understanding of new class of materials

January 27, 2009

Berger receives French Legion of Honor medal

January 27, 2009

Researchers at CSAIL are developing a remotely commandable, semi-autonomous robotic forklift designed to move cargo in dangerous places.

Robo-forklift keeps humans out of harm's way

Could allow military to handle supplies without risk to people

January 21, 2009

The role of race

Voting analysis shows Obama won because of his support among blacks.

January 20, 2009

J-PAL captures major new international award

Frontiers of Knowledge prize carries purse worth more than $500,000