Tracking the flow of knowledge
Study shows scientists’ location influences how widely their work is read and used for innovations.
Stubbe wins faculty’s Killian Award
Honor recognizes extraordinary professional accomplishment; winner delivers lecture in the spring
Two from MIT named Goldwater Scholars
Undergraduates receive top honor in collegiate math, science and engineering education
Evolution, reversed
Physicists’ study of evolution in bacteria shows that adaptations can be undone, but rarely.
MIT biologist David Bartel elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Ten MIT alumni also among this year’s new members
New American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows include 4 from MIT
Gates, Page, Shor and Stewart among 212 new members.
Understanding why lung cancer spreads
MIT biologists pinpoint a genetic change that helps tumors move to other parts of the body.
A celebration of women in science and engineering
Symposium highlights the work and accomplishments of women at MIT and beyond.
In vivo systems biology
Using computer models, systems biologists can predict complicated behavior of cells in living animals
Are you a Martian?
We all could be, scientists say — and an MIT-developed instrument might someday provide the proof
New report details status of women in science and engineering at MIT
Follow-up to previous reports shows improvement, but that still more can be done.
Exploiting cancer cells' weaknesses
Team identifies potential drugs that enhance stress caused by too many chromosomes.