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Genome study shines light on genetic link to height

First reproducible connection made between genes and height in humans

September 10, 2007

A scanning electron micrograph of one of the
seventeen fungal species analyzed in the study.

Team probes history of genes with new tool

September 10, 2007

Solar7: Nothing like the sun

September 10, 2007

Liskov, Harris to share new leadership position for faculty equity

September 7, 2007

Alumnus Carl King (S.B. 1965), sophomore Patricia Lubwama and senior Raja Bobbili chat at the Sept. 4 opening of iHouse, a new living and learning center for MIT students.

iHouse opens its doors

New student residence focuses on global leadership

September 7, 2007

An MIT team has created polymer-DNA nanoparticles to deliver disease-fighting genes . From left are Daniel Anderson, a research associate at the MIT Center for Cancer Research, bioengineering graduate student Jordan Green and Greg Zugates, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering.

MIT works toward safer gene therapy

Biodegradable polymers replace viruses to deliver genes

September 7, 2007

MIT Professor Markus Buehler has helped reveal why bones are so tough. The object on the screen is a triple helical tropocollagen molecule, a fundamental building block of bone. Next to the molecule are nanosized hydroxyapatite chalk-like crystals. In his work he simulates the behavior of the composite of tropocollagen and hydroxyapatite during deformation.

MIT probes secret of bone's strength

September 6, 2007

Carrying a frame are MIT freshmen Eden Zeilo from Virginia, left, Josh Raines from New Jersey and Jessica Li of California. Behind them is sophomore Arian Roman, the team leader of a CityDays group volunteering on a project for the Cambridge Historical Society.

Clean start

August 31, 2007

Barnhart named associate dean for School of Engineering

August 30, 2007

In the 'Wiki City Rome' project an MIT team will obtain data anonymously from cell phones and other devices to map Rome in real time.

'Wiki City Rome' to draw a map like no other

August 30, 2007

The dramatic appearance of a red tide algal bloom at Leigh, near Cape Rodney, New Zealand.

Scientists at MIT unraveling the secrets of red tide

August 30, 2007

Stephanie Kaplan, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at MIT, studies the relationship between armed conflicts and terrorism.

MIT grad student tracks the 'jihad effect'

August 29, 2007

Not so super-cool after all: MIT researchers knock down theory about nanofluids

August 29, 2007

David C. Schmittlein is the next dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, effective Oct. 15.

Wharton's Schmittlein named new MIT Sloan dean

August 28, 2007

Freshman Emily Prentice, mom Diane and dad (far left) Bill, from Vienna, Va. greet President Susan Hockfield and husband Dr. Thomas Byrne in receiving line after Convocation Sunday, Aug. 26 on Killian Court. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('convoc-1-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Hockfield welcomes MIT's sesquicentennial class

August 27, 2007

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iHouse opens its doors

MIT works toward safer gene therapy

MIT probes secret of bone's strength

Clean start

Barnhart named associate dean for School of Engineering

'Wiki City Rome' to draw a map like no other

Scientists at MIT unraveling the secrets of red tide

MIT grad student tracks the 'jihad effect'

Not so super-cool after all: MIT researchers knock down theory about nanofluids

Wharton's Schmittlein named new MIT Sloan dean

Hockfield welcomes MIT's sesquicentennial class

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