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Digital Ocean

Modeling the diverse world of phytoplankton opens up a predictive view of our own

Continuum

For LIGO’s “Intellectual Father,” a Life of Twists and Turns

Ed Boyden Sees a Bright Future for Optogenetic Therapies

To demonstrate just how thin and lightweight the solar cells are, the researchers draped a working cell on top of a soap bubble, without popping the bubble. Image: Joel Jean and Anna Osherov

Possibilities Abound for the Thinnest, Lightest Solar Cells Ever Made

Jeremiah Johnson is the Firmenich Career Development Assistant Professor in MIT's Department of Chemistry. Image: Justin Knight

Research to Watch: Boston Globe Singles Out MIT Chemist’s Nanoscale Discoveries

Undaunted by the Big Challenges

Maria Zuber, vice president for research, on how MIT digs into complex problems.

Forward Together: Solve Kicks Off

The Solve conference, taking place on the MIT campus in October, seeks to answer the hard questions of our time.

Supporting New Connections in Immunology

Phillip "Terry" '72 and Susan Ragon created an institute to accelerate discovery of an HIV vaccine.

Tiny Living Factories

Kristala Jones Prather is developing new, improved methods of chemical synthesis.

Vannevar Bush PhD '16 served as America's first presidential science advisor. Image: MIT Museum

Basic Research: Knowledge is Power