New target for treating “undruggable” lung cancer
Drug already in clinical trials may be effective on some aggressive adenocarcinomas.
Michael Rosbash PhD ’71 shares Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
MIT alumnus and two others honored for discovering the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms.
Fast-moving magnetic particles could enable new form of data storage
Recently discovered phenomenon could provide a way to bypass the limits to Moore’s Law.
Alex Creely: Bridging the simulation vs. reality gap
Nuclear science and engineering graduate student receives Department of Energy Innovation Award for his work on plasma turbulence.
A concrete solution
Insight into cement’s microscopic properties may lead to stronger, more sustainable concrete.
First open-access data from large collider confirm subatomic particle patterns
CERN Open Data Portal results reveal predictable patterns from colliding high-energy protons.
Developing sensors to defend aircraft against lasers
MIT Lincoln Laboratory team is working on ground-based cameras that detect sources of laser beam attacks on aircraft and may lessen dangers for pilots.
Bug-repair system learns from example
Automatic code-patching system corrects nearly twice as many errors as its predecessors.
Researchers identify molecular motor that transforms chromosomes
Experiments confirm hypothesis about how the genome becomes organized into “neighborhoods.”
Biologists identify possible new strategy for halting brain tumors
Cutting off a process that cancerous cells rely on can force them to stop growing.
New test rapidly diagnoses Zika
Paper-based diagnostic avoids false positives from Dengue fever and other related viruses.
“Superhero” robot wears different outfits for different tasks
Shape-shifting device from CSAIL can walk, roll, sail, and glide using recyclable exoskeletons.
Gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger observed by LIGO and Virgo
Finding represents first joint detection of gravitational waves with both detectors.
Deep waters spiral upward around Antarctica
Research reveals the upwelling pathways and timescales of deep, overturning waters in the Southern Ocean.