Research
Introducing the Center for Advanced Urbanism
March 28, 2013
Creating new models for 21st century cities
MicroRNA detection on the cheap
March 28, 2013
MIT alumni’s startup provides rapid, cost-effective microRNA profiling, which is beneficial for diagnosing diseases.
Abudayyeh named a Paul and Daisy Soros New American Fellow
March 27, 2013
2012 alumnus will use fellowship to support his studies in the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program.
Using biology to improve chemical synthesis
March 26, 2013
MIT team finds a more economical way to create valuable building blocks for pharmaceuticals
Also labeled: Biology, Chemistry and chemical engineering, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals
Making sense of big data
March 26, 2013
PhD student Jameson Toole wants to harness data to improve human lives.
Also labeled: Big data, Data, Economics, Graduate, postdoctoral, Profile, Students, Engineering Systems
Researchers awarded $3.7 million for research on sustainable development of Kuwait’s built environment
March 22, 2013
Grant sponsored through the Kuwait-MIT Center for Natural Resources and the Environment
Demystifying the Cretaceous hothouse
March 20, 2013
MIT researchers crack longstanding paradox in climate science
Researchers reverse Fragile X Syndrome symptoms in adult mice
March 19, 2013
Picower Institute neuroscientists use single dose of experimental drug; could prove promising for treatment of autism symptoms.
Also labeled: Autism, Biology, Neurology, Neuroscience, Pharmaceuticals, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
NSE students in the national spotlight
March 19, 2013
Three from Course 22 named to Forbes '30 under 30' list
Committee on Animal Care solicits feedback
March 19, 2013
AEE and the MIT-IPC convene executive forum series to spur adoption of advanced energy
March 18, 2013
First session brought together advanced energy and utility executives to address challenges to rapid adoption of innovative energy technologies.
Helping students master data
March 18, 2013
An undergraduate econometrics class gets students to think critically about their own research.
Goldwasser and Micali win Turing Award
March 13, 2013
Team honored for ‘revolutionizing the science of cryptography.’
Robert C. O'Handley, former research scientist, dies at 70
March 12, 2013
Was a longtime researcher in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Esther Duflo selected as a 2013 Dan David Prize laureate
March 7, 2013
Honored for research to alleviate poverty through disease prevention
3 Questions: MIT biologist on new resveratrol study
March 7, 2013
Link between the compound found in red wine and anti-aging protein offers support for drug efforts, Leonard Guarente says.
MIT student inventor Nikolai Begg receives Lemelson-MIT student prize
March 6, 2013
$30,000 Lemelson-MIT collegiate student prizes awarded to inventive students at three leading universities
The science of politics
March 6, 2013
Jens Hainmueller looks for experiments to answer tough political questions.
MIT’s Science Policy Initiative travels to Capitol Hill in support of research funding
March 5, 2013
Will partake in annual Science-Engineering-Technology Congressional Visits Day
Bringing energy innovations from lab to market
March 5, 2013
Annual MIT Energy Conference focuses on how innovations can have a real impact on the world’s energy issues.
MIT’s Ernest J. Moniz nominated Secretary of Energy
March 4, 2013
President Obama’s pick is head of the MIT Energy Initiative and a former undersecretary of energy.
How numbers can reveal hidden truths about sports
March 1, 2013
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference brings professionals and statistics-savvy fans together to study the games people play.
Zuber addresses potential impact of federal sequestration on MIT research
February 28, 2013
In a letter to principal investigators and researchers, MIT's vice president for research outlines the possible impact here.
Also labeled: Faculty, MIT Administration, Budget, Government, Politics, President Obama, Funding, Sequester
Research update: Chemists find help from nature in fighting cancer
February 27, 2013
Study of several dozen compounds based on a fungal chemical shows potent anti-tumor activity.
Also labeled: Cancer, Chemistry and chemical engineering, Health, Health care, Fungus, Organic synthesis
Exploring the brain, and the world
February 27, 2013
Brain and cognitive sciences major Joy Ekuta researches, learns and teaches her way around the globe.
How human language could have evolved from birdsong
February 21, 2013
Linguistics and biology researchers propose a new theory on the deep roots of human speech.
Bringing life to computer models of marine microbes
February 19, 2013
Biogeochemical modeler Mick Follows named tenured associate professor in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Picture-perfect
February 19, 2013
Quick, efficient chip cleans up common flaws in amateur photographs.
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