Discovery Science – Page 4 – MIT Spectrum

Fall 2016

The MIT Road

Supporting unrestricted research

An illustration for the team’s March publication in Cell depicts possible paths of tumor evolution in relation to hills (presenting resistance to a drug), and valleys (sensitivity). Artwork: Boyang Zhao

Spring 2016

Cornering Cancer

Collaborative “systems biology” approach could steer tumors into submission

A computer simulation shows the collision of two black holes, a tremendously powerful event detected for the first time ever by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO. LIGO detected gravitational waves, or ripples in space and time, generated as the black holes merged. The simulation shows what the merger would look like if we could somehow get a closer look. The stars appear warped due to the strong gravity of the black holes. Image: Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes

Spring 2016

The Chirp Heard Across the Universe

Photo: Ken Richardson

Spring 2016

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

Fall 2015

Undaunted by the Big Challenges

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

Fall 2015

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.