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.
Materials Processing Center marks 35 years
Service to faculty, collaboration with industry are hallmarks of campus-based Materials Processing Center at MIT.
The rise and fall of cognitive skills
Neuroscientists find that different parts of the brain work best at different ages.
New detector sniffs out origins of methane
Instrument identifies methane’s origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows.
Why isn’t the universe as bright as it should be?
Study explains why galaxies don’t churn out as many stars as they should.
MIT graduate students receive prestigious Lawrence award
Award acknowledges important contributions to inertial confinement research.
New technique allows analysis of clouds around exoplanets
Team describes use of method to determine properties of clouds surrounding the exoplanet Kepler-7b.
Five MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty specializing in mathematics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, and economics among 126 selected.
Cheap, flexible solar
Tuning energy levels through surface chemistry shows promise for higher efficiency quantum dot solar cells, MIT graduate student Patrick R. Brown's work shows.