3 Questions: Kenneth Oye on the regulation of genetic engineering
Political scientist discusses regulatory gaps in assessing the impact of “gene drives.”
Political scientist discusses regulatory gaps in assessing the impact of “gene drives.”
MIT study finds ocean bacteria follow predictable patterns of daily activity.
MIT finding could one day lead to new approaches for manufacturing biofuels.
Studies by graduate students Stephen Morton and Nisarg Shah show progress toward better cancer treatment and bone replacement.
Study of 24 top institutions finds ‘elite’ male faculty in the life sciences employ fewer women.
Study reveals how shape and chemistry let feathers shed water after emerging from great depths.
New paper amplifies hypothesis that human language builds on birdsong and speech forms of other primates.
Alan Grossman to serve as interim department head
Highest honor for MIT faculty members goes to pioneer of research on ocean’s photosynthetic organisms.
Nanoparticles that stagger delivery of two drugs knock out aggressive tumors in mice.
Relocation brings together materials scientist, theoretical and experimental physicists as Physics of Living Systems group at MIT.
Acemoglu, Brown, Grossman, and Grove bring to 77 the number of MIT faculty who are NAS members.