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Police find no evidence of gunman reported on campus
Authorities expect to investigate Saturday morning tip that prompted an all-campus alert.
How human language could have evolved from birdsong
Linguistics and biology researchers propose a new theory on the deep roots of human speech.
Chinese students set their sights on an MIT future
Middle and high school students from Beijing engaged in project-based hands-on science and engineering lessons at the Edgerton Center.
Organ symphony celebrates religious diversity
The 'Kresge Organ Symphony' will debut at a free concert on Feb. 1.
Five with ties to MIT earn top IEEE awards
Beranek, Dennis, Chou, Jacobs and Langer are among 20 recipients recognized for decades of engineering achievements.
The right’s resistance to regulation
Book details how conservatives have changed the terms of the environmental debate in recent decades.
How to treat heat like light
New approach using nanoparticle alloys allows heat to be focused or reflected just like electromagnetic waves.
Remembering ‘Papa Flash’
MIT Professor Harold Edgerton’s high-speed photography and sonar devices revolutionized ocean exploration.
Bose Corporation and MIT students meet for speed mentorship
Student-led social impact ideas furthered with insights from Bose employees and executives.
The subculture of cheese
MIT anthropologist looks inside the growing world of do-it-yourself American cheese-makers.
The music of the silks
Researchers synthesize a new kind of silk fiber — and find that music can help fine-tune the material’s properties.
Proving quantum computers feasible
With a new contribution to probability theory, researchers show that relatively simple physical systems could yield powerful quantum computers.
Controlling heat flow through a nanostructure
MIT researchers find that heat moving in materials called superlattices behaves like waves; finding could enable better thermoelectrics.