James Modisette, a junior in aeronautics and astronautics, and Daniel Bercovici, a senior in chemistry, handle a 20-foot Olympic Star boat in the White Trophy Regatta held earlier this month in Boston Harbor. MIT, which took fifth place, hosted the 12-team event at the Cottage Park Yacht Club in Winthrop. Photo / DAVID GROSSMAN
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on October 29, 2003.
After an illustrious career at Idaho National Laboratory spanning three decades, Curtis Smith is now sharing his expertise in risk analysis and management with future generations of engineers at MIT.
Study reveals the drug, 5-fluorouracil, acts differently in different types of cancer — a finding that could help researchers design better drug combinations.
The scientists, who worked together as postdocs at MIT, are honored for their discovery of microRNA — a class of molecules that are critical for gene regulation.