“Diagnosing” the U.S. health care system: in Soundings Magazine
The U.S. health system has been ranked second in the world in expenditures — and 38th in the world for performance. What's going on?
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Fusion is not only happening in labs at MIT
Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Artist Donal Fox teaches MIT students to bridge musical genres
Energy, environment, health care discussed at annual Systems Thinking Conference
On Oct. 22-23, MIT faculty and industry leaders discussed the need for a systems-based approach to tackle complex challenges such as health care, energy, and the environment at the 2009 MIT conference on systems thinking for contemporary challenges.
Secure computers aren’t so secure
Even well-defended computers can leak shocking amounts of private data. MIT researchers seek out exotic attacks in order to shut them down
A head of time
For the first time, neuroscientists find brain cells that keep track of time with extreme precision.
3 Questions: Steven Nahn on the elusive Higgs boson
Troubles at the Large Hadron Collider have led some physicists to suggest the Higgs boson is sabotaging its own discovery. Nahn explains why he disagrees.
In Profile: Matt Wilson
By listening in on rat brains, the Picower Institute neuroscientist tries to understand the role of sleep in learning and memory
3 Questions: Phillip Sharp calls for 'New Biology' push
The U.S. needs an ambitious biology research initiative to tackle broad challenges involving food, energy, the environment and health, says Nobel laureate.
Braille made simple
MIT students develop device that could make labeling easier for the visually impaired. Product could be on the market next year.
New appointment: Michael Mittelman, associate director, Center for Advanced Visual Studies
Michael Mittelman has been appointed associate director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS), succeeding Larissa Harris who joined the Queens Museum of Art in New York as curator last fall.
In Profile: Leonard Guarente
Biology professor discovered a gene at the center of aging. Now that research is yielding therapies that target the diseases of old age.
Cement’s basic molecular structure finally decoded
Robustness comes from messiness, not a clean geometric arrangement
Task Force group relishes 'shared sense of experiment'
Student Life Working Group finds reasons for optimism amid economic challenges