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David Sanchez, left, keeps his eyes on the road as Mario Bollini points to dangers ahead on the 2.007 contest table. Sanchez came in second. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('2007_1-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Sophomore's elegant, relentless machine a grand slam in 37th robo-fest

May 22, 2007

Benefits director outlines changes, answers questions on new options

May 22, 2007

Martha Constantine-Paton, an MIT professor of biology and principle investigator in the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, and research scientist Akira Yoshii have discovered a new molecular pathway that helps solve the puzzle of how neurons form synapses.

MIT reports key pathway in synaptic plasticity

Work could aid study of brain disorders

May 21, 2007

An MIT research team studying gene regulation in mouse and human liver cells has found that master regulatory proteins function differently in the two. From left, post-doc Robin Dowell, Professor Ernest Fraenkel, graduate student Kenzie MacIsaac and research technician William Gordon discuss their research.

Mice and men make livers differently

Work should guide researchers using mice as models for human biology

May 21, 2007

Part of the global team responsible for confirming the protein RESA's role in causing malaria by binding to red blood cells, in a lab at MIT. Professor Subra Suresh, left, research scientist Ming Dao, standing, post-doc Monica Diez Silva, seated, graduate student David Quinn, seated, graduate student John Mills, and professor Matthew Lang.

MIT-led team ID's cell mechanics of hallmark malaria protein

GEM4's multidisciplinary, multinational research targets public health crises like malaria

May 21, 2007

Faculty hears MIT to review securities; Dower wins Killian prize, at recent faculty meeting

May 18, 2007

Freshman Alice Chang works on Chaka Stata. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('incanbridge2-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Fiber bridge connects Incan, student engineers

May 16, 2007

MIT architecture professor John Ochsendorf with wooden arch (above) and chain (making arch) below. He will be a fellow at the American Academy in Rome next year.

Ancient arches guide modern work

May 16, 2007

NMR advance relies on microscopic detector

Technology could vastly improve diagnostics

May 15, 2007

Students from the Umana Barnes Middle School in East Boston (l-r Bonnie Ramos, Roberto Paredes and Kayla Bishop) participating in one of a series of Scratch software workshops held at the MIT Media Lab.

Creating from Scratch

New software from the MIT Media Lab unleashes kids' creativity online

May 14, 2007

Amy Smith displays a bag, designed in part by one of her students, that is used in a simple water disinfection process. The bag is patented, but can be distributed free in Third World countries.

Local materials, low cost and good science add up to technology for developing nations

May 14, 2007

Chancellor Phillip Clay hosted Queen Rania of Jordan on her visit to MIT Friday, May 4. The queen met with with Jordanian students and officers of the MIT Arab Students' Organization before meeting with directors and researchers from MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and MIT's International Development Initiative.

Queen Rania of Jordan tours campus

May 11, 2007

Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks gave the keynote speech at an MIT Media Lab conference on May 9 that examined the scope of human ability. Sacks gave vivid examples of the brain's amazing adaptability. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('h20-sacks-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Creative technology meets quiet humanity in Media Lab's adaptive device event

Mission is 'hacking the human,' says director Frank Moss

May 11, 2007

This artist's concept illustrates the hottest planet yet observed in the universe. The scorching ball of gas, a "hot Jupiter" called HD 149026b, is a sweltering 3,700 degrees Fahrenheit (2,040 degrees Celsius) -- about 3 times hotter than the rocky surface of Venus, the hottest planet in our solar system.

Team discovers hottest planet

May 10, 2007

Initiative leadership guides energy goals

May 9, 2007

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Sophomore's elegant, relentless machine a grand slam in 37th robo-fest

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MIT reports key pathway in synaptic plasticity

Mice and men make livers differently

MIT-led team ID's cell mechanics of hallmark malaria protein

Faculty hears MIT to review securities; Dower wins Killian prize, at recent faculty meeting

Fiber bridge connects Incan, student engineers

Ancient arches guide modern work

NMR advance relies on microscopic detector

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Queen Rania of Jordan tours campus

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Team discovers hottest planet

Initiative leadership guides energy goals

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