Scientists detect comets outside our solar system
Team of professional and citizen scientists identifies tails of comets streaking past a distant star.
Researchers engineer CRISPR to edit single RNA letters in human cells
“REPAIR” system edits RNA, rather than DNA; has potential to treat diseases without permanently affecting the genome.
Mapping gender diversity at MIT
Data visualization map explores two decades of enrollment trends among female students at the Institute.
New property found in unusual crystalline materials
Materials with a special kind of boundary between crystal grains can deform in unexpected ways.
MIT students fortify concrete by adding recycled plastic
Adding bits of irradiated plastic water bottles could cut cement industry’s carbon emissions.
When negotiating, pride goeth before destruction
Study finds good feelings from one negotiation can damage subsequent performance.
MIT neuroscientists build case for new theory of memory formation
Existence of “silent engrams” suggests that existing models of memory formation should be revised.
Material could bring optical communication onto silicon chips
Ultrathin films of a semiconductor that emits and detects light can be stacked on top of silicon wafers.
Noelle Selin: Tracing toxins around the world
Atmospheric chemist takes on pollutants and the global treaties written to control them.
There's something in the water
MIT field study shows that arsenic in groundwater reduces rice yields in Bangladesh.
Gene circuit switches on inside cancer cells, triggers immune attack
Advance may open new pathways for cancer immunotherapy.
How we determine who’s to blame
Before assigning responsibility, our minds simulate alternative outcomes, study shows.
Deshpande Center and J-WAFS announce fall 2017 research grants
Twenty-two research teams receive $1,443,000 to develop new technological innovations.
A new way to harness wasted methane
Approach developed at MIT could help curb needless “flaring” of potent greenhouse gas.