This map shows which US counties have the highest concentration of jobs that could be affected by a transition to renewable energy. Counties in blue are less likely to be affected, and... Read more »

Older people with mild cognitive impairment, especially when characterized by episodic memory loss, are at increased risk for dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. Now a study by researchers from MIT, Cornell, and... Read more »

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In the mice, the researchers observed a dramatic increase in the tumors’ expression of SOX17. This gene encodes a transcription factor that is normally active only during embryonic development, when it helps... Read more »

He credits his success in part to being “really good at the boring technical stuff,” as he puts it. “I write my own policy and I go through all the details of... Read more »

“The problem with spectrometers is that they have this intrinsic trade-off,” Persits says. The more light that goes into the spectrometer itself—specifically, into the color-separating diffraction grating and the detector—the harder it... Read more »

And once I arrived, I heard the same sentiment, framed in local terms: “Can you please help us organize ourselves to help fix the climate?”  Everyone understood that MIT brought tremendous strength... Read more »

At home in Jamaica, Gentles has seen the impact of climate change firsthand.COURTESY OF RUNAKO GENTLES Beyond significantly lowering the standard of living for the poor and lower-middle classes, climate change is... Read more »

Institute records show rugby being played as early as 1882, making the Tech club the oldest in NERFU and one of the oldest in the nation. In 1974, it fielded two 15-man... Read more »