Research
Researchers achieve RNA interference, in a lighter package
June 4, 2012
Pared-down nucleic acid nanoparticle poses less risk of side effects, offers better targeting.
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, Population, Wildlife management
Dresselhaus, Graybiel, Luu receive 2012 Kavli Prizes
May 31, 2012
Biennial prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience include a $1 million cash award in each field.
Finding good music in noisy online markets
May 31, 2012
MIT researchers revisit data from a seminal online experiment but draw more encouraging conclusions.
Also labeled: Media Lab, Music, social influence, Social networks, social-media marketing, Web marketing
Mechanical engineering’s condiment-bottle coating gives waste the slip
May 30, 2012
MIT $100K competition runner-up LiquiGlide developed out of Varanasi group
Frank Stanton Chair in Nuclear Security Policy Studies established in Department of Political Science
May 29, 2012
Endowed chair established with a gift of $5 million from the Stanton Foundation
Also labeled: Energy, Faculty, Policy, Education, teaching, academics, Giving, Global, Nuclear power and reactors, Political science
Zuber wins faculty’s Killian Award
May 29, 2012
Planetary trailblazer recognized for ‘extraordinary skills and talent.’
Crowding causes cells to produce an orderly matrix of molecules
May 24, 2012
Making proteins stand in line could lead to more lifelike lab tests.
Also labeled: Biological engineering, Materials science, Mechanical engineering, Proteins, Stem cells
Device may inject a variety of drugs without using needles
May 24, 2012
Jet-injected drugs could improve patient compliance, reduce accidental needle sticks.
Legatum Center awards seed grants
May 23, 2012
Program has now funded more than 100 projects since 2009.
Civil engineers find savings where the rubber meets the road
May 23, 2012
Study shows that pavement deflection under vehicle tires makes for a continuous uphill drive that increases fuel consumption.
Daniela Rus named CSAIL director
May 22, 2012
EECS professor to become new leader of MIT’s largest interdepartmental laboratory.
MIT awarded more than $2 million in NEUP grants, fellowships
May 21, 2012
Includes $1.65 million in Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Programs grants and $450,000 in graduate student fellowships.
The elusive capacity of networks
May 15, 2012
Calculating the total capacity of a data network is a notoriously difficult problem, but information theorists are beginning to make some headway.
Andrea Campbell: Public opinion and policy viewed through an historical lens
May 14, 2012
Professor studies taxation, Social Security, health insurance and more.
Also labeled: Economics, Government, Health care, Policy, Political science, Politics, Voting and elections
The guiding light and the glass infrastructure
May 14, 2012
New developments in way finding
Also labeled: Architecture, Media Lab
Dresselhaus receives Fermi Award
May 11, 2012
Honored by Obama, Chu at ceremony in Washington.
Exploding the myths of manufacturing
May 10, 2012
MIT conference explores the complex state of an industry showing signs of revival.
Studying school quality, to fight inequality
May 9, 2012
New MIT center examines education and its lifelong effects.
Also labeled: Collaboration, Economics, Education, teaching, academics, Inequality, K-12 education, Schools, Students
In search of new ways of producing nano-materials
May 9, 2012
Kong’s research focuses on how to make and control novel forms of thin-film carbon.
Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cells
May 7, 2012
New method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.
Also labeled: Brain and cognitive sciences, Collaboration, McGovern Institute, Media Lab, Neuroscience, Robots
Science Policy Initiative calls on Congress to support investments in R&D
May 4, 2012
Students traveled to Washington to urge continued funding.
McGovern Institute honors inventor of brain scan technology
May 3, 2012
David Cohen honored for his invention of magnetoencephalography.
Also labeled: Diagnostic devices, McGovern Institute, MEG scanner, Special events and guest speakers
Want to conduct a survey?
May 3, 2012
MIT’s Institutional Research Office provides in-depth guidance
Also labeled: Information Services and Technology, Provost























