Fostering U.S.-Russia energy innovation
Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage brings together researchers from MIT and two Russian institutes to develop advanced batteries and fuel cells.
Adding up to a big win
MIT dominates at annual Putnam Mathematical Competition, taking five of six top individual spots.
Deans announce new Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
MIT-wide effort aims to bring the power of data to the people.
Biologists identify brain tumor weakness
Discovery could offer a new target for treatment of glioblastoma.
President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger visits MIT biophysics lab
African leader tours the lab of Ibrahim Cissé, an assistant professor of physics.
Falling in love with numbers at MIT
Sheela Devadas '15, winner of the 2015 Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, fell in love with the subject at MIT — while still in high school.
From the heart
Laurie Boyer’s studies of stem cell differentiation could improve treatments for heart disease.
Communicating climate change: Focus on solutions
MIT discussion highlights causes for optimism and the importance of emphasizing positive steps.
New evidence for how a rare form of liver cancer arises
MIT team finds mechanism by which exposure to vinyl chloride may produce cancerous mutations.
Closing the arctic data gap
Ice-tethered devices are helping researchers collect more data on the Arctic Ocean.
Analysis sees many promising pathways for solar photovoltaic power
New study identifies the promise and challenges facing large-scale deployment of solar photovoltaics.
Chisholm sees big impacts from small sources
Discoverer of world’s most abundant and prolific photosynthetic organism delivers annual Killian Lecture.