MIT to launch Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
Based in School of Engineering but spanning all of MIT, IMES will be led by Arup K. Chakraborty.
Viruses con bacteria into working for them
Coevolution of guest and host lets a virus control its host’s machinery.
Solving energy problems, one molecule at a time
Materials scientist explores new possibilities in topics from molecules to rooftop solar panels.
MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturing
Study group is tackling hard questions about what it will take to stoke renewal.
Seeking the neurological roots of conflict
MIT neuroscientists explore how longstanding conflict influences empathy for others.
Lincoln Laboratory helps celebrate the official unveiling of the Space Surveillance Telescope
The laboratory developed enabling technologies for the telescope
Seminar challenges with systems approach to climate change
Energy Systems and Climate Change Mitigation tackles the multidimensional challenges of climate change.
Astronomers find a dark matter galaxy far, far away
Discovery could offer clues on the nature of dark matter.
The quantifier
By helping biologists turn their hunches into rigorous mathematical models, Polina Golland builds software that interprets medical images.
How research goes viral
What makes a new finding in biology circulate widely? An MIT economist knows: Make the original research materials accessible.