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MIT and ABB announce energy research partnership

Five-year, $5-million partnership to help develop green technologies and train graduate students

January 24, 2008

The green-stained section of this mouse hippocampus represents where the new DICE-K technique blocked the neural-signal transmission in one of the hippocampal circuits of the brain.

New MIT tool probes brain circuits

Method applied to learning/memory pathway

January 24, 2008

The human brain easily recognizes that these cars are all the same object, but the variations in the car's size, orientation and position are a challenge for computer-vision algorithms.

MIT neuroscientists see design flaws in computer vision tests

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

Kenneth A. Wright, longtime researcher at MIT, 88

January 22, 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

Awards and honors

January 16, 2008

American Mathematical Society honors Lusztig

January 16, 2008

Digitalk: Where IT's at

January 16, 2008

Faculty debate communications measure at Dec. 19 meeting

Reif discusses minority faculty, grad students

January 16, 2008

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MIT and ABB announce energy research partnership

New MIT tool probes brain circuits

MIT neuroscientists see design flaws in computer vision tests

Pumping up desert agriculture

Kenneth A. Wright, longtime researcher at MIT, 88

Team IDs weakness in anthrax bacteria

MIT web site puts human face on Iraq war

Grand pram: Student's chaise offers temporary escape

MIT nutrition scientist celebrates a milestone

Short bacterial protein is surprisingly versatile

Lewin's popularity extends to news media

Awards and honors

American Mathematical Society honors Lusztig

Digitalk: Where IT's at

Faculty debate communications measure at Dec. 19 meeting

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