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Proliferating cells foil microRNA control

June 20, 2008

Chemistry professor Jonas Peters, Dan Nocera, Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy, and Chris Cummins survey Nocera's piece of their solar energy work on artificial photosynthesis in Nocera's lab.

Harnessing solar energy like plants do

MIT chemists see near-term promise in mimicking photosynthesis

June 20, 2008

A field of neurons (green) and astrocytes(purple) within visual cortex, visualized by high-resolution two-photon imaging in the intact brain. The astrocytesare labeled with the marker dye SR101, and both neurons and astrocytesare subsequently labeled with the calcium indicator OGB1.

MIT unlocks mystery behind brain imaging

Star-shaped brain cells shown to play key role

June 19, 2008

Matt Ritter, Doug Wood, Spencer Ahrens and Micah Sze mount one of the 10-inch by 12-foot mirror panels in place.

MIT prototype solar dish passes first tests

Low-cost system could revolutionize global energy production

June 18, 2008

MIT researchers see alternative to common colorectal cancer drug

June 17, 2008

Diagram shows the structure of a histidine kinase (blue ribbons) and its target response regulator (green ribbons). The specificity of the interaction between the two proteins is primarily determined by the orange and red amino acid residues.

MIT researchers unravel bacteria communication pathways

June 12, 2008

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MIT Digital Water Pavilion makes a splash in Spain

Programmable water walls can 'open like the Red Sea for Moses'

June 11, 2008

MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer, winner of the Millennium Technology Prize for 2008.

Langer wins Millennium Technology Prize

June 11, 2008

Dean Adele Santos of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning

Interview with the dean: Adele Santos, School of Architecture and Planning

June 11, 2008

From left, MIT President Susan Hockfield, William Guenther, president of Mass Insight Education & Research Institute, Joel Stembridge, headmaster of the John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Science in Roxbury, Mass., and J. Kim Vandiver, MIT professor of mechanical engineering and dean for undergraduate research just prior to their announcement of the launch of the Massachusetts Math & Scie...

Highlights for High School response 'overwhelming'

Tens of thousands flock to MIT site since its launch

June 11, 2008

Getting wrapped up in solar textiles

MIT lecturer focuses on flexible photovoltaic materials

June 9, 2008

$Gratings used to manipulate X-rays for future space telescopes and other applications,Â like tiny miniaturized venetian blinds,Â were created using this interference lithography patterning tool, called the nanoruler, developed at MIT's Space Nanotechnology Laboratory. The colorful, diffracting wafer at center has a diameter of 12 inches.$

MIT team develops better X-ray nanomirrors

Nanotechnology will enhance future telescopes

June 9, 2008

MIT researchers have created 'striped' nanoparticles capable of entering a cell without rupturing it. In the background of thisÂ cartoon are cells that have taken up nanoparticles carrying fluorescent imaging agents

Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery

June 9, 2008

Commencement address by Muhammad Yunus

"Each of you has the power to change the world"

June 6, 2008

Yunus tells MIT grads they can 'change the world'

June 6, 2008

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