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News Office launches 'In The World' column

January 24, 2008

A Sudanese farmer operates a treadle-powered foot pump. Two MIT students have set up a company to sell the pumps to help subsistence farmers in the region.

Pumping up desert agriculture

January 23, 2008

These images show macrophages infected with anthrax. The fluorescent green areas indicate the presence of nitric oxide (NO). In the top two panels, the anthrax can produce NO. At top left, an image taken two hours after infection shows that NO is present. At 18 hours, top right, more NO is present, produced by the macrophages. In the bottom two panels, the anthrax infecting the macrophages is unab...

Team IDs weakness in anthrax bacteria

January 22, 2008

An Iraqi woman carries her young child as she flees with others from the southern Iraqi town of Basra in March 2003. This and accompanying photos are featured on the new MIT web site, Iraq: The Human Cost.

MIT web site puts human face on Iraq war

January 18, 2008

Sofia Ponte, an MIT graduate student in architecture, peers around the canopy of Dreaming Lounge, on display in Barker Library through Feb. 15. Ponte created the furniture prototype for what she hopes will be a refuge for students needing respite from too much analytical thought.

Grand pram: Student's chaise offers temporary escape

January 18, 2008

MIT nutrition scientist celebrates a milestone

January 18, 2008

Short bacterial protein is surprisingly versatile

January 17, 2008

Lewin's popularity extends to news media

January 16, 2008

Digitalk: Where IT's at

January 16, 2008

Arlin Rogers, principal research scientist in the MIT Division of Comparative Medicine, looks at slides in his office. He and colleagues have figured out why men are more susceptible to liver cancer than women.

Genes key to high liver cancer rates in men

January 15, 2008

MIT Energy Initiative announces first seed grant winners for energy research

More than $1.6 million to fund projects

January 15, 2008

Recipients of first round of seed grants for MIT energy research

January 15, 2008

Gift aims to promote new Picower collaborations

January 10, 2008

MIT research scientist Luis Velasquez-Garcia, left, and Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, are developing a tiny sensor that can detect hazardous gases, including biochemical warfare agents.

MIT gas sensor is tiny, quick

Energy-efficient device could quickly detect hazardous chemicals

January 10, 2008

MIT reports new twist in microRNA biology

Computational biology group identifies new mechanism of gene regulation

January 9, 2008

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Genes key to high liver cancer rates in men

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Recipients of first round of seed grants for MIT energy research

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