Inventor-composer Trimpin inspires MIT students
In campus visit, the German-born artist and builder mentored students as they developed musical devices
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Standing tributes
MIT students, faculty and staff showed up by the thousands to pay their respects to Officer Sean Collier.
Special deal on photon-to-electron conversion: Two for one!
New technique developed at MIT could enable a major boost in solar-cell efficiency.
MIT Science Policy Initiative members visit Capitol Hill to support funding for research and development
Meet with representatives of 34 congressional offices to urge reversal of budget cuts.
Non-stop music stretches sonic possibilities
CAST Marathon Concert features five hours of genre-bending new music
Students have engineering on the brain
MIT class offers student teams a chance to create business ventures based on neurotechnology research.
Obama hosts Dresselhaus, Graybiel and Luu in Oval Office
The three MIT scientists are among six winners of the 2012 Kavli Prizes to visit the White House.
MicroRNA detection on the cheap
MIT alumni’s startup provides rapid, cost-effective microRNA profiling, which is beneficial for diagnosing diseases.
Terrascope: Not the typical first semester class
Course requires undergrads to work in teams to present solutions to a complex problem with an interdisciplinary approach
Better buildings, better lives
Whether working on clean water for a Ugandan village or studying concrete reinforced with natural fibers, MIT senior Marisa Simmons is a civil engineer looking out for the world.
Goldwasser and Micali win Turing Award
Team honored for ‘revolutionizing the science of cryptography.’
How the brain loses and regains consciousness
Study reveals brain patterns produced by a general anesthesia drug; work could help doctors better monitor patients.