Study suggests complex life was present on Earth 2.33 billion years ago | MIT News

New estimate predates earliest fossil evidence by 800 million years.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 6, 2017 ~8 min

Underwater mountains help ocean water rise from abyss | MIT News

Turbulence from seafloor topography may explain longstanding question about ocean circulation.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 6, 2017 ~8 min


School of Science welcomes five new professors this spring | MIT News

Bendta Schroeder | School of Science • mit
March 3, 2017 ~7 min

Climate@MIT | MIT News

New online publication reports on climate science research at the Institute.

Lauren Hinkel | Oceans at MIT • mit
Feb. 27, 2017 ~2 min

3Q: Maria Zuber, daughter of coal country | MIT News

MIT’s vice president for research describes how growing up in eastern Pennsylvania shaped her views on climate policy.

MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 27, 2017 ~6 min

3Q: Julien de Wit on the discovery of seven temperate, nearby worlds | MIT News

Planets may harbor conditions suitable for sustaining liquid water — and thus life.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 22, 2017 ~9 min

Getting their hands dirty: Students experience fieldwork in Hawaii | MIT News

TREX program from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers undergraduates the opportunity to get out in the field.

Carolyn Schmitt | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
Feb. 17, 2017 ~10 min

Modeling the unequal benefits of U.S. environmental policy | MIT News

New toolset evaluates economic impacts of ozone reduction policies for nine income groups.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Feb. 15, 2017 ~5 min


The heart of a far-off star beats for its planet | MIT News

Scientists observe first planet-induced stellar pulsations.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 14, 2017 ~6 min

Eight MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Engineering | MIT News

New members have made advances in artificial skin, wireless communications, nanotechnology, hydrology, and cancer treatment.

School of Engineering • mit
Feb. 10, 2017 ~5 min

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