Middle-school students meet a beam of electrons, and excitement results
EMERGE program ignites interest in science through hands-on electron microscopy.
EMERGE program ignites interest in science through hands-on electron microscopy.
The detections more than double the number of known tidal disruption events in the nearby universe.
The award recognizes Solomon’s contributions to understanding ozone depletion and the creation of the Montreal Protocol.
The findings suggest our galaxy’s core may contain less dark matter than previously estimated.
Students from Course 5.111 (Principles of Chemical Science) were treated to a performance that brought to life the chemical structures and crystal field theory concepts covered in class.
PhD student Fatima Husain investigates the co-evolution of life and Earth and works to communicate science to the public.
Geophysicist William Frank discusses how a recent earthquake in Japan relates to an earthquake swarm in the region.
Biologists demonstrate that HIV-1 capsid acts like a Trojan horse to pass viral cargo across the nuclear pore.
Using New York as a test case, the model predicts flooding at the level experienced during Hurricane Sandy will occur roughly every 30 years by the end of this century.
His wide-ranging and influential career included fundamental discoveries about how visual scenes and stimuli are processed from the retina through the cortical visual system.
An MIT study finds the brains of children who grow up in less affluent households are less responsive to rewarding experiences.
A compound originally developed to treat cancer could be repurposed to treat polycystic kidney disease, an inherited condition that can lead to kidney failure.
Researchers survey a broadening landscape of studies showing what’s known, and what remains to be found, about the therapeutic potential of noninvasive sensory, electrical, or magnetic stimulation of gamma brain rhythms.
MIT chemists developed a battery cathode based on organic materials, which could reduce the EV industry’s reliance on scarce metals.
Across mammalian species, brain waves are slower in deep cortical layers, while superficial layers generate faster rhythms.