MicroRNA detection on the cheap
MIT alumni’s startup provides rapid, cost-effective microRNA profiling, which is beneficial for diagnosing diseases.
Abudayyeh named a Paul and Daisy Soros New American Fellow
2012 alumnus will use fellowship to support his studies in the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program.
How hard is it to 'de-anonymize' cellphone data?
A new formula that characterizes the privacy afforded by large, aggregate data sets may be discouraging, but could help sharpen policy discussion.
Using biology to improve chemical synthesis
MIT team finds a more economical way to create valuable building blocks for pharmaceuticals
Researchers awarded $3.7 million for research on sustainable development of Kuwait’s built environment
Grant sponsored through the Kuwait-MIT Center for Natural Resources and the Environment
Researchers reverse Fragile X Syndrome symptoms in adult mice
Picower Institute neuroscientists use single dose of experimental drug; could prove promising for treatment of autism symptoms.
AEE and the MIT-IPC convene executive forum series to spur adoption of advanced energy
First session brought together advanced energy and utility executives to address challenges to rapid adoption of innovative energy technologies.
Helping students master data
An undergraduate econometrics class gets students to think critically about their own research.
Goldwasser and Micali win Turing Award
Team honored for ‘revolutionizing the science of cryptography.’
Robert C. O'Handley, former research scientist, dies at 70
Was a longtime researcher in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Esther Duflo selected as a 2013 Dan David Prize laureate
Honored for research to alleviate poverty through disease prevention