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MIT’s undergraduates fight poverty one statistic at a time, thanks to coordination between the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.

Study suggests that vaccinating many more people could slow the seasonal influenza virus's ability to evade vaccines.

Even well-defended computers can leak shocking amounts of private data. MIT researchers seek out exotic attacks in order to shut them down

MIT economists are trying to learn how and why some Boston charter schools were able to produce stunning results. What they discover could serve as a lesson for America’s struggling public schools.

The most notorious problem in theoretical computer science remains open, but the attempts to solve it have led to profound insights.

MIT engineer Joel Dawson and colleagues built a handheld probe that could help doctors monitor muscle atrophy in patients with Lou Gehrig's Disease and similar ailments.

Computational approach to materials science could bring new properties even to familiar substances such as concrete and steel

In the President's visit to MIT labs he showed keen interest, quick understanding and warm appreciation, say his hosts

5-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will fund projects by physicists that give a new view of cancer cells.

Philosopher Caspar Hare explains why being self-centered is a good thing