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Standing, left to right: Justin Leahey, MIT-Germany program manager; David Dolev, MISTI assistant director; Markus Buehler, MIT-Germany faculty director, professor, and head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Ulrich Steinbach, deputy minister of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts; Wolfgang Holtkamp, senior advisor if international affairs at t...

MIT-Germany and the University of Stuttgart extend cooperation

Collaboration extends opportunities for faculty seed funds, internship opportunities, and a Global Teaching Labs program through 2020.

October 12, 2018

Based on a rigorous, integrated analysis of population and economic growth, technological change, Paris Agreement pledges and other factors, the 2018 Food, Water, Energy and Climate Outlook projects likely global and regional environmental changes over the course of this century and identifies steps needed to align near-term Paris pledges with the long-term 2 degrees Celsius and 1.5 C goals.

Charting the Earth’s future for the 21st century

MIT report highlights challenges and opportunities for conserving natural resources and stabilizing the climate.

October 11, 2018

Tyler Jacks (left), head of the Lustgarten Laboratory for Pancreatic Cancer Research at MIT, and Kerri Kaplan, president and chief executive officer of the Lustgarten Foundation, both say they are excited to usher in a new era of pancreatic cancer research.

Progress against pancreatic cancer

Lustgarten Foundation names MIT laboratory to improve understanding and treatment of a deadly disease

October 11, 2018

Marine bacteria form a community on a nutrient particle in the Cordero Lab.

Five from MIT earn Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology

Awards emphasize cross-disciplinary training, support research to measure and model microbial communities and their influence on ocean processes.

October 9, 2018

Three MIT researchers, (l-r) Riccardo Comin, Luqiao Lui, and Phillip Keathley, have all been awarded three-year, $450,000 grants.

Three MIT researchers win U.S. Air Force Young Investigator Research Program grants

Riccardo Comin, Phillip “Donnie” Keathley, and Luqiao Lui are among 31 selected nationwide.

October 5, 2018

MIT biologists have discovered that in some patients, immune cells called natural killer cells fail to kill malaria-infected red blood cells (shown here).

Immune cell variations contribute to malaria severity

Natural killer cells’ failure to respond to infection may explain why the disease is more grave in some patients.

October 4, 2018

An operating room monitor includes EEG readings of the patient while under general anesthesia.

To improve anesthesia, focus on neuroscience and nociception, experts urge

A principled approach can lead to less need for drugs, especially opioids, Emery Brown and colleagues say.

October 4, 2018

MIT researchers have shown that some of the atoms in an enzyme called carbon monoxide dehydrogenase can rearrange themselves when oxygen levels are low. A nickel atom (green) leaves the cube-like structure, displacing an iron atom (orange). One sulfur atom (yellow) also moves out of the cube.

Chemists discover unexpected enzyme structure

Metal cluster in enzyme that breaks down carbon dioxide can switch between two different shapes.

October 2, 2018

Antonio Torralba, director of MIT's Quest for Intelligence, opens the Quest Brainstorm Workshop on Sept. 24.

Ideas abound at Quest for Intelligence workshop

Community event generates ideas for sparking innovative and ambitious plans to advance research in human and machine intelligence.

October 1, 2018

“The potential of fusion energy is immense. I just wanted to contribute to this effort,” says PhD candidate Juan Ruiz Ruiz.

Juan Ruiz Ruiz: The heat of the matter

PhD candidate seeks to discover how heat leaks from fusion plasmas.

October 1, 2018

Reflecting the broader range of challenges embodied by the terms “food systems” and “water systems,” the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab announced that it is changing its name to the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab.

From security to systems: J-WAFS name change reflects its breadth and impact

Emphasizing the scope and interdisciplinary mission on which it was founded, J-WAFS has a new name: the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab.

September 28, 2018

The Committee on Animal Care solicits feedback

September 28, 2018

MIT researchers have found that patterns of ripples created in sand, and preserved for thousands to millions of years, can reveal clues to ancient environments.

Beach sand ripples can be fingerprints for ancient weather conditions

Experiments show shifting ripple patterns can signal times of environmental flux.

September 27, 2018

The Math Prize for Girls, held annually at MIT, features 20 multistage problems in geometry, algebra, and trigonometry.

Math Prize for Girls competition helps to close the gender gap in mathematics

MIT hosts the 10th annual contest encouraging STEM careers for female middle and high school students.

September 27, 2018

John M. Deutch endows new MIT Institute Professorship

Gift honors emeritus Institute Professor’s respect for MIT and its community.

September 26, 2018

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