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Photo exhibit provides glimpse of Malian capital

August 12, 2008

A team from the International Development Design Summit at MIT created a cable-car-like ropeway to transport goods uphill.

Improving people's lives, one device at a time

International workshop looks for simple solutions to big problems

August 8, 2008

Traditional flat screen displays (bottom left) present 2-D images. 3-D and 4-D displays have been proposed making use of lenslet arrays to shape a fixed outgoing light field for horizontal or bidirectional parallax (top left).

MIT developing super-realistic image system

'6-D' pictures can look just like the real thing

August 7, 2008

MIT honored for green initiatives

Named one of Kaplan's top 25 environmentally friendly schools

August 6, 2008

The Federal Creosote Superfund site in New Jersey during 2002 cleanup efforts.

Superfund may not be so super

Cleanups don't seem to be worth the cost, according to MIT study

August 5, 2008

Geobiologist Newman follows a rocky road

New HHMI investigator sees clues to life in ancient rocks

August 4, 2008

Team led by MIT, Caltech wins $20 million grant

Funds to support push for solar-fuel power plants

August 4, 2008

Not quite a teen, not fully an adult

New MIT report sheds light on young adults' triumphs, traumas

August 1, 2008

Image from the Chandra X-ray observatory shows remnants of supernova Cassiopeia A, and picks out the different X-ray signatures of elements such as iron and silicon that sprayed out in the explosive death of a star.

MIT instruments featured as highlight of NASA's 50 years

Chandra orbiting telescope in Nature's compilation of 10 NASA accomplishments

August 1, 2008

Daniel G. Nocera, the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT, has developed a simple method to split water molecules and produce oxygen gas, a discovery that paves the way for large-scale use of solar power.

'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution

Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system

July 31, 2008

MIT announces new commuter benefits

Highlights include bigger commuter rail subsidies

July 30, 2008

Just A-Mayes-ing

Fellowship honors materials science professor who never strays too far from MIT

July 30, 2008

Alzheimer's treatment shows promise in clinical trials

Danone drink based on MIT work does well in first human tests.

July 29, 2008

The backswimmer Notonecta hangs inverted from the water's surface. Its respiratory bubble covers the bulk of its body.

Life in a bubble

Research shows how insects use trapped oxygen to breathe underwater