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Larger-scale folds develop the fastest in premature (born more than seven weeks early) infants (top), while medium-scale folds develop the fastest in older premature infants, born between seven and two weeks early (middle). In older infants and children, fine folds develop the most quickly across the brain surface (bottom).

Model helps researchers 'see' brain development

Work could facilitate early detection of autism

April 10, 2007

Math of elections says voters win with 'winner take all'

April 10, 2007

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will deliver the Compton Lecture on Friday, April 13th.

Sen. Kennedy will deliver Compton Lecture

April 9, 2007

MIT postdoctoral associate Aaron Edsinger gets some help from Domo, an assistive robot he has been developing for the last three years.

Assistive robot adapts to people, new places

April 9, 2007

Navy's nuclear director will discuss national security

April 9, 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

MIT-Cyprus program will focus on energy, environment, water

April 6, 2007

Jacobs receives Levitan Prize in the Humanities

April 6, 2007

Assistant professor Nergis Mavalvala, left, and Ph.D. student Thomas Corbitt are part of an international team that has devised a way to cool large objects to near absolute zero.

Laser-cooling brings large object near absolute zero

April 5, 2007

William Dalrymple discussed his latest book. "The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857" on the last Mughal imperial court, that of Bahadur Shah Zafar II, shown above.

'Last Mughal' author discusses Great Mutiny's toll

April 5, 2007

Institute admits 1,533 students to the Class of 2011

April 4, 2007

Members of MIT's regional Steel Bridge Competition team replicated their high-speed construction at a department celebration of their victory. Shown in the photo are junior Tracy Takemura, right, and sophomore Jose Cano, left. Quinn Vollmert, a junior, is in blue T-shirt at back.

Bridge work

April 4, 2007

Computer model mimics blink of a human eye

April 4, 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

Three MIT students, senior Brian Jacokes, junior Eric Price and senior Hubert Hwang compete in the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Finals held in March. The team won fourth place overall out of 88 teams.

MIT programmers strike gold

April 3, 2007

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