Title for ‘Earth’s first animal’ likely goes to simple sea creature
Sponges may be source of molecular fossils that significantly predate Cambrian explosion.
How to make electrons behave like a liquid
Analysis predicts exotic behaviors such as “negative resistance,” based on fluid-like effects.
Robert Griffin receives the ACS E. Bright Wilson Award
Professor of chemistry and head of the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory honored for his pioneering contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Terrascope recognized by National Academy of Engineering
Freshman learning community recognized as an Exemplar in Engineering Ethics Education.
Four MIT faculty win Presidential Early Career Awards
Buie, Buonassisi, Tisdale, and Tye honored with the U.S. government's highest award for young scientists and engineers.
MIT senior takes on double major in brain and cognitive sciences plus theater arts
Abra Shen pursues medicine and theater, and someday hopes to combine the two.
Humans settled, set fire to Madagascar’s forests 1,000 years ago
Stalagmites reveal huge shift in ancient Madagascar’s plant life, unrelated to climate change.
Neuroscientists reverse autism symptoms
Turning on a gene later in life can restore typical behavior in mice.
Crunching quantum code
MIT physics graduate student Sagar Vijay co-develops error correction method for quantum computing based on special electronic states called Majorana fermions.
Targeting cancer from many angles
Killian Award recipient Tyler Jacks fosters interdisciplinary, innovative cancer research.
Reuben Saunders named 2016-2017 Churchill Scholar
MIT senior and chemistry major will pursue graduate studies in the U.K.
Q&A: Rainer Weiss on LIGO’s origins
MIT physicist developed the concept for LIGO as a teaching exercise.
Eric Lander wins AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize
Professor and director of the Broad Institute honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for outstanding contributions to science and society.