Physicists prove energy input predicts molecular behavior | MIT News

Theoretical proof could lead to more reliable nanomachines.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 21, 2016 ~7 min

DNA markers tell the story of deep sea adaptation | MIT News

Santiago Herrera studies the genome to establish new connections between species living in the deep sea.

Jennifer Cherone | Department of Biology • mit
March 18, 2016 ~7 min


Paving the way for metastasis | MIT News

Cancer cells remodel their environment to make it easier to reach nearby blood vessels.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
March 15, 2016 ~5 min

How cancer cells fuel their growth | MIT News

Scientists surprised to find amino acids, not sugar, supply most building blocks for tumor cells.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
March 7, 2016 ~6 min

Neuroscientists discover a gene that controls worms’ behavioral state | MIT News

Gene required for the control of behavioral state is also found in humans, may be linked to autism.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
March 3, 2016 ~4 min

Whales dine with their own kind | MIT News

Mapping whale calls, researchers find the predators feed in species-specific hotspots.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 2, 2016 ~8 min

How diet influences colon cancer | MIT News

Study ties high-fat diet to changes in intestinal stem cells, may help explain increased cancer risk.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
March 2, 2016 ~7 min

McGovern Institute for Brain Research awards Scolnick Prize to neurogeneticist Cori Bargmann | MIT News

Bargmann honored for her work on the genetic and neural mechanisms that control behavior in the nematode

Charles Jennings | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
March 1, 2016 ~3 min


Confronting Zika | MIT News

MIT's Institute of Medical Engineering and Science is on the front lines of efforts to diagnose and develop a vaccine against the emerging Zika virus.

Stacey Resnikoff | Institute of Medical Engineering and Science • mit
Feb. 23, 2016 ~10 min

Built to peck: MITx video series explores how woodpeckers avoid brain injury | MIT News

Videos hosted by Professor Lorna Gibson bring an engineering approach to birding.

Leda Zimmerman | Office of Digital Learning • mit
Feb. 23, 2016 ~6 min

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