January 17, 2012 Study: The presence of female politicians boosts the aspirations and educational achievement of young women.
January 11, 2012 Enormous volcanic eruptions may have triggered the worst extinction in Earth’s history.
January 10, 2012 What makes a new finding in biology circulate widely? An MIT economist knows: Make the original research materials accessible.
January 9, 2012 MIT senior Bethany Tomerlin overcame disabilities to study materials science, hoping to pave the way for other aspiring engineers.
January 5, 2012 Clever math could enable a high-quality 3-D camera so simple, cheap and power-efficient that it could be incorporated into handheld devices.
January 4, 2012 MIT researchers find that for the smallest organisms, size determines how microbes spend energy.
December 27, 2011 This week, the MIT News Office will present the "Best of 2011." Visit daily for some of the top stories from the past year.
December 21, 2011 MIT will save $3.5 million on energy this year and broadly advance sustainability across campus thanks to five years of work by the MIT Campus Energy Task Force
December 21, 2011 New MIT research shows that the U.S. growth of Twitter relied primarily on media attention and geographic proximity of users.
