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Artist's conception of an X-ray pulsar in a binary star system shows matter from a companion star being channeled onto a rapidly spinning neutron star at its magnetic poles. Photo: courtesy of NASA

Fall 2002

Research Briefs

Advances in AIDS research,speedy stars,and more.

Central region of the Milky Way. Photo: Courtesy of NASA and F. Baganoff

Spring 2002

Research Briefs

Help for surgeons, generating electricity, and more.

Spring 2001

MIT Research Briefs

Animals have complex dreams, researchers find a substance that stops weight gain, and more.

Prof. David C. Page and his colleagues found that the DNA on the male-oriented Y chromosome has mutated less than twice as rapidly as its X-based counterpart.

Winter 2001

Research Briefs

Work with serotonin may someday yield strategies for overcoming brain disorders, and more.

Freshman Margarita Marinova, who already has co-authored five scientific papers, intends one day to fly to Mars.

Winter 2000

We Become What We Believe

Freshman Margarita Marinova, who already has co-authored five scientific papers, intends one day to fly to Mars. “You’ve got to hold onto your dream,” she says.

Map of Turkey shows North Anatolian fault and successive earthquakes rupturing from 1912 to 1999. Image: M. Nafi Tokosz

Fall 1999

Research Briefs

An earthquake in Turkey, ancient rubber, and more.

Fall 1998

Research Briefs

Designer fish, spinning stars, and more.

Winter 1998

Research Briefs

Safer tests for breast cancer, cars fueled by vegetable oil, and more.