Collaboration

MIT and Harvard launch a ‘revolution in education’Online edX courses will open both universities’ classrooms to the world while enhancing on-campus learning.

MIT and Harvard announce edXJoint partnership builds on MITx and Harvard distance learning; aims to benefit campus-based education and beyond.

What is edX?Answering common questions about MIT and Harvard’s new partnership in online education.

MIT launches student-produced educational video initiativeOriginal short videos, in collaboration with Khan Academy, aim to fuel K-12 students’ interest in engineering and science.

Pinpointing how antibiotics workTeam uncovers mechanism that produces fatal DNA damage in bacteria.

A taxing issueIn book talk, MIT economist Simon Johnson and co-author James Kwak emphasize need to raise revenues to cope with national debt.

Targeted nanoparticles show success in clinical trialsTiny particles designed to home in on cancer cells achieve tumor shrinkage at lower doses than traditional chemotherapy.

All in a day’s work: Design and print your own robotMIT project, funded with $10 million NSF grant, could transform robotic design and production

MIT SHASS welcomes PEN New England to new home on campus

Buckle inInspired by a toy, the ‘buckliball’ — a collapsible structure fabricated from a single piece of material — represents a new class of 3-D, origami-like structures.

A close-up view of MercuryResearchers find the planet may have had a dynamic past.

MacVicar Day celebrates the chemistry of collaborationSpeakers honor Margaret MacVicar and Robert Silbey.

Continuous drug manufacturing offers speed, lower costsNew system developed by MIT researchers could help transform the pharmaceutical industry.

Delivering RNA with tiny sponge-like spheresNew RNA interference method holds promise for treating cancer, other diseases.

Cuthbert receives $500,000 Digging into Data grantWill support innovative musicology research

MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturingStudy group is tackling hard questions about what it will take to stoke renewal.

Gender spendersStudy suggests yet another cause of personal debt: searching for the ideal mate.

Proposal for MIT Global Environment Initiative seeks public commentInitiative expected to focus on six broad environmental research themes.

Next stop: Kendall SquareTech hub attracts players large and small to support innovation.

Digging for answersMIT, Pfizer hold groundbreaking for new biomedical research facility in Kendall Square.

Inside an innovation ecosystemHistory, proximity and serendipity make Kendall Square fertile ground for the next big idea.