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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

MIT, IBM team up on first PlayStationÂ®3 course

May 2, 2007

Professor Robert van der Hilst, left, and graduate student Ping Wang of the MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, are adapting technology developed for near-surface exploration of hydrocarbon reservoirs to image the core-mantle boundary deep beneath Central and North America.

High-resolution images herald new era in Earth sciences

April 6, 2007

Researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) have developed a device that allows them to control the distance between cells. The cells are placed on combs, which can be fully separated (top), slightly separated (middle) or locked together with combs in contact (bottom).

HST device draws cells close--but not too close--together

April 4, 2007

Susan Hanemann Rogol, a first-year M.B.A. student at the MIT Sloan School of Management, brings a culinary perspective to her studies.

MBA student has a recipe for success

January 2, 2007

New media, fan muscle will mold TV future

November 22, 2006

Digitalk: Where IT's At

November 22, 2006

Members of Team Slovenia erupt in jubilation upon learning they won the BioBrick, the grand prize for the iGEM 2006 competition. The University of Ljubljana students are, from left, Rok Tkavc, Jernej Kovac, Matej Skocaj and Jelka Pohar. Offering congratulations in front are iGEM Ambassadors James Brown of Cambridge University and Melissa Li of Georgia Tech.

Gene machine takes the prize

Cells engineered to prevent sepsis win synthetic biology competition

November 9, 2006

MIT and University of Southampton launch World Wide Web research collaboration

Initiative will analyze and shape web's evolution

November 2, 2006

Machinima group animates life 'in-world'

Technique harnesses 3-D game engines

October 27, 2006

Scratch & sniff

October 25, 2006

MIT graduate student Chris Loose, left, and Professor Greg Stephanopoulos look for signs of bacteria. The researchers and their colleagues have custom-designed molecules that are effective in killing microbes.

MIT's anti-microbial 'grammar' posits new language of healing

Custom peptides punch holes in anthrax, staph bacteria

October 19, 2006

The covers of Dead Canaries Don't Sing and Hare Today, Dead Tomorrow

MIT Sloan alum succeeds in business ... of fiction

October 4, 2006

Professor Alan Epstein and his team have been using computer-chip fabrication techniques to make a gas-turbine engine that fits in the palm of his hand.

Engine on a chip promises to best the battery

September 18, 2006

Homeowners and entrepreneurs make their messages known following the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Inspired by 9/11, DUSP student aids New Orleans rebuilding

August 23, 2006

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