The moon’s face doesn’t tell its whole story Researchers find that huge craters on the near side of the moon may overstate the intensity of asteroid impacts about 4.1 billion years ago. November 7, 2013 Read full story →
Solving chromosomes’ structure Scientists find that loops of DNA are key to tightly packing genetic material for cell division. November 7, 2013 Read full story →
Cocktail novelties inspired by nature’s designs Mechanisms behind water bugs and lilies applied to culinary devices. November 6, 2013 Read full story →
Turning bacteria into chemical factories Kristala Jones Prather engineers cells to produce useful compounds such as drugs and biofuels. November 6, 2013 Read full story →
Dower granted major ‘lifetime achievement’ award in history MIT professor recognized as ‘pre-eminent scholar’ in East Asian history. November 5, 2013 Read full story →
‘Hybrid’ nuclear plants could make a dent in carbon emissions Combining nuclear with artificial geothermal, shale oil, or hydrogen production could help slow climate change, study shows. November 5, 2013 Read full story →
Emeritus: David Wilson was an early proponent of the concept of energy-use fees System he hatched in the 1970s for curbing carbon emissions is finally getting some traction. November 5, 2013 Read full story →
How to program unreliable chips A new language lets coders reason about the trade-off between fidelity of execution and power or time savings in the computers of the future. November 4, 2013 Read full story →
New implantable sensor paves way to long-term monitoring Carbon nanotubes that detect nitric oxide can be implanted under the skin for more than a year. November 3, 2013 Read full story →
Doctor, doctor: Why the job market for married couples in medicine works well New study in the growing ‘market design’ field of economics explains how a job-market algorithm helps land couples in the same locations. November 1, 2013 Read full story →
A new way to monitor induced comas Automated system could offer better control of patients’ brain states. October 31, 2013 Read full story →
Resistance is futile Chemists develop new way to kill cancer cells resistant to the chemotherapy drug cisplatin. October 31, 2013 Read full story →
Researchers discover that an exoplanet is Earth-like in mass and size While too hot to support life, Kepler 78b is roughly the size of the Earth. October 30, 2013 Read full story →
Military medicine Senior Laura Lu’s years at MIT have included cancer research, ROTC leadership, and prosthesis trials — and she aims to put her talents to use one day as a Navy surgeon. October 30, 2013 Read full story →
Powering better online document viewing Fast-growing startup Crocodoc is developing technology that converts documents into HTML for easy viewing and embedding. October 29, 2013 Read full story →