Population
Why innovation thrives in cities
June 4, 2013
Double a city’s population and its economic productivity goes up 130 percent. MIT researchers think they know why.
Early warning signs of population collapse
April 10, 2013
Spatial measurements of population density could reveal when threatened natural populations are in danger of crashing.
Weapon-wielding marine microbes may protect populations from foes
September 6, 2012
In some populations, natural antibiotics are produced by a few individuals whose closest relatives carry genes conferring resistance.
Seeing Green: Saving Forests or Food Prices?
June 22, 2012
A growing population and rapid development will put a strain on land used to grow food over the next century. But if reforestation is used to avoid climate change it will create further strain, says a new MIT study.
From yeast, researchers learn how populations collapse
June 1, 2012
Findings could help fishery and wildlife managers monitor their stocks before disaster strikes.
Also labeled: Animals, Physics, Yeast, Ecology, Environment, Graduate, postdoctoral, Nature, Research, Wildlife management
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