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Wissam Jarjoui, 17, has become the first participant in MEET, a program that brings together Israeli and Palestinian youths, to enroll at MIT.

Unique Middle East program rooted at MIT bears fruit

Palestinian becomes first MEET student to enroll at MIT

September 19, 2007

Graduate student Conor Walsh demonstrates a prototype of the 'exoskeleton' he and other MIT researchers have devised. The invention can successfully take on 80 percent of an 80-pound load carried on a person's back.

21st-century pack mule: MIT's 'exoskeleton' lightens the load

September 19, 2007

A view of the moon assembled from 18 images taken by the spacecraft Galileo.

MIT hosts sneak preview of Apollo missions film

September 18, 2007

Four MIT faculty win NIH awards

September 18, 2007

Knight Science Journalism fellows are, from left to right: Molly Seamans, administrative assistant; Esther Nakkazi; John Mangels; Julie Robotham; Pam Belluck; Boyce Rensberger, director; Ivan Semeniuk; Pere EstupinyÃ ; Keith Seinfeld; Zarina Khan; Catherine Clabby; Jonathan Fahey; Kathy Boisvert, assistant director.

Knight Science Journalism fellows arrive on campus

September 18, 2007

East meets West

Armed with 4 MIT degrees, Shiva Ayyadurai embarks on new adventure

September 17, 2007

J. Troy Littleton, a professor in the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, joins biology graduate student Sarah N. Huntwork in the lab. They have created the first genetically-engineered mutant--in this case a fruit fly--that produces no complexins (proteins that play a role in the release of neuro-transmitters) during cell-to-cell signaling.

Brain's messengers could be regulated, MIT researchers find

Potential for better understanding of schizophrenia

September 16, 2007

MIT IDs binocular vision gene

Research could lead to treatments for some visual disorders

September 13, 2007

In this artist depiction of the SWIFT J1756.9-2508 system, the foreground object is the planet-mass object. The pulsar, located at the upper right, is tidally distorting the companion into a teardrop-shaped object, and ripping gas from it. This material flows in a stream toward the pulsar and forms a disk around it. Eventually, enough gas builds up in the disk to produce an outburst bright enough ...

Stars caught in bizarre death-dance

September 13, 2007

Lily Burns, staff associate in the president's office, had a stroke at age 33. She has now recovered, but she is determined to write about her experience to offer other young stroke victims a place to turn for information.

Stroke victim aims to build awareness

September 12, 2007

She makes it look so easy

September 12, 2007

Professor Hugh Herr of the Media Lab is shown here addressing h2.0, a one-day symposium in May 2007 that focused on ushering in a new era in human adaptability.

Herr wins $250,000 Heinz Award

September 12, 2007

An MIT team has created polymer-DNA nanoparticles to deliver disease-fighting genes . From left are Daniel Anderson, a research associate at the MIT Center for Cancer Research, bioengineering graduate student Jordan Green and Greg Zugates, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering.

MIT works toward safer gene therapy

Biodegradable polymers replace viruses to deliver genes

September 7, 2007

Alumnus Carl King (S.B. 1965), sophomore Patricia Lubwama and senior Raja Bobbili chat at the Sept. 4 opening of iHouse, a new living and learning center for MIT students.

iHouse opens its doors

New student residence focuses on global leadership

September 7, 2007

The dramatic appearance of a red tide algal bloom at Leigh, near Cape Rodney, New Zealand.

Scientists at MIT unraveling the secrets of red tide

August 30, 2007

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MIT IDs binocular vision gene

Stars caught in bizarre death-dance

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Herr wins $250,000 Heinz Award

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