Biologists discover how pancreatic tumors lead to weight loss
Shortfall of digestive enzymes can lead to tissue breakdown in early stages of pancreatic cancer.
Charting a path to better cell models of the intestine
Researchers generate an intestinal cell mimic that can be harnessed in studies of diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease.
Scene at MIT: PhD baby and her amazing mama
A new daughter helped Alejandra Falla PhD ’18 gain perspective on life — and her tiny MIT regalia stole the show at Commencement.
Ankur Jain joins Whitehead Institute and the Department of Biology
Biophysicist will investigate the biology of RNA aggregation.
MITx MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science opens enrollment
Program offers path to an accelerated master’s degree at seven universities.
MIT hosts University of Puerto Rico students after Hurricane Maria
In the wake of the devastating 2017 hurricane, MIT hosted five Puerto Rican undergraduates to help them continue their path toward graduate school.
At doctoral hooding ceremony, a call to make the world “more just, more fair”
Candis Callison SM ’02, PhD ’10, professor and journalist, tells doctoral graduates they can “shift society” for the better.
Decoding RNA-protein interactions
Scientists leverage one step, unbiased method to characterize the binding preferences of more than 70 human RNA-binding proteins.
3 Questions: Roger Summons on finding organic matter on Mars
Discovery adds to evidence suggesting that Mars was at one time habitable.
Network of diverse noncoding RNAs acts in the brain
Scientists identify the first known network consisting of three types of regulatory RNAs.
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2018-19
Ranked at the top for the seventh straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 48 disciplines.
Protein pair quickly makes memories of new places
MIT researchers find that encountering novel contexts cues the brain to churn out neurogranin.
How the brain performs flexible computations
New neural model reveals how the brain adapts to new information.
An unexpected ambition borne from MIT experience
Annamarie Bair, a premed student turned computer science major, is drawn to the promise of artificial intelligence and health care.