Why some tumors withstand treatment
Researchers uncover a mechanism that allows cancer cells to evade targeted therapies.
Transforming the U.S. transportation system by 2050 to address climate challenges
MIT Energy Initiative report provides recommendations for reductions in light-duty vehicle energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
![“We propose that you use the carbon tax in moderation and use research subsidies for clean technology in order to make that transition [to clean technology] faster,” Daron Acemoglu says.](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201603/MIT-Clean-Transition.jpg?itok=9m6x46OG)
The games within the games
The world’s biggest sports analytics conference shows how theorists have changed sports.
Paving the way for metastasis
Cancer cells remodel their environment to make it easier to reach nearby blood vessels.
MIT develops nontoxic way of generating portable power
Battery substitutes produce current by burning fuel-coated carbon nanotubes like a fuse.
Getting the world to turn down the heat
Top U.N. climate advisor highlights successes in Paris, challenges ahead.
3Q: Bruce Tidor on the MIT Skoltech partnership
Collaboration has created a pioneering new graduate university in Russia, says project director.
Bringing more data to language debate
Larger set of translations may shed light on an idiosyncratic Amazonian language.
System loads Web pages 34 percent faster by fetching files more effectively
"Polaris" system from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab accelerates website load-time by decreasing network trips.
Trading places
Economists take a new look at the evidence that the U.S. has lost millions of jobs to China.
How cancer cells fuel their growth
Scientists surprised to find amino acids, not sugar, supply most building blocks for tumor cells.
Browsing in public
System lets Web users share aspects of their browsing history with friends, researchers.
The beginning of the end for encryption schemes?
New quantum computer, based on five atoms, factors numbers in a scalable way.
!["[W]e hope that our studies of vps-50 will provide insights into human neuropsychiatric disorders,” H. Robert Horvitz says.](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201603/MIT-BehavorialStates.jpg?itok=0Jejll8C)
Neuroscientists discover a gene that controls worms’ behavioral state
Gene required for the control of behavioral state is also found in humans, may be linked to autism.