Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection?
Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection?
09/19/2006 6:00 PM MuseumNancy Hopkins, Amgen, Inc. Professor of BiologyDescription: Through her rapport with the zebrafish, Nancy Hopkins has made large contributions to the fields of developmental biology and cancer research. But her model organism, and to some ...
Worms, Life and Death: Cell Suicide in Development and ...
Worms, Life and Death: Cell Suicide in Development and Disease
04/24/2007 4:30 PM 32-123H. Robert Horvitz, '68, David H. Koch Professor of Biology, MITDescription: A microscopic roundworm has come to play a dominant role in some of the most pivotal medical research of our time. In the labs of Robert Horvitz and his colleagues, C. ...
Why Cancer Drugs Stop Working
Why Cancer Drugs Stop Working
Why Cancer Drugs Stop Working: Speakers: Michael Hemann, David Housman
Whitehead director talks Y chromosome with Stephen Colbert
Whitehead director talks Y chromosome with Stephen Colbert
Whitehead Institute Director David Page appears on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report to engage in a little lively banter about the future of the human Y chromosome.
Where Biology and Geology Meet
Where Biology and Geology Meet
Geobiologist, and Hayes Career Dev. Assoc. Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Tanja Bosak studies microbial fossils to understand the parallel evolution of life and the environment. She also undertakes laboratory experiments on modern microbes to ...
Wheel of Life Sand Mandala at MIT
Wheel of Life Sand Mandala at MIT
A time-lapse video of the creation of a Tibetan Buddhist Wheel of Life sand mandala. It was constructed at MIT by the Venerable Losang Samten and assisted by the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi. The sand painting took five days to create and, as is traditional, was dissolved soon after it was ...
What is the smart grid(s)
What is the smart grid(s)
A brief discussion by Stephen Connors, director of the Analysis Group for Regional Energy Alternatives (AGREA).
The present and future risks associated with hurricanes?
What Does Current Scientific Research Have to Say About the Present and ...
Kerry Emanuel, '76, PhD '78, Professor of Atmospheric ScienceDescription: As the costs of Hurricane Katrina continue to spiral higher — to date, $125 billion in damages and 1,200 deaths — there's keen interest in perfecting the science of hurricane forecasting. The ...
Welcome to The MIT Game Lab
Welcome to The MIT Game Lab
Formerly The Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, the new MIT Game Lab begins October 1st 2012.
Welcome and Introductory Remarks & Introduction to Brain ...
Welcome and Introductory Remarks & Introduction to Brain Disorders
Dean Marc Kastner, MIT School of Science Mriganka Sur, PhD, FRS 2011 An Afternoon with MIT's Brains on Brains Symposium MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences stands at the nexus of neuroscience, biology and psychology. Our world-renowned neuroscientists and ...
Welcome and Chair for Morning Session
Welcome and Chair for Morning Session
James DiCarlo, Earl K. Miller, Recorded 12/5/12
Web of Science
Web of Science
Learn the basics for searching Web of Science, an article database covering a broad range of subjects. If you have questions or comments, please Ask Us!
Water-repellent surfaces that last
Water-repellent surfaces that last
Ceramic forms of hydrophobic materials could be far more durable than existing coatings or surface treatments.
Water
Water
With James WescoatAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at MIT. ...
View from the Top--Renewable Energy: Paper Tiger or Green ...
View from the Top--Renewable Energy: Paper Tiger or Green Giant?
Presentations from View from the Top, held March 16, 2010, in Palo Alto, CA. The event was produced by the MIT Alumni Association in conjunction with the MIT Club of Northern California and with support from MIT Professional Education. Panelists: Thomas G. Burns '62, ...
Video-Based Change Detection
Video-Based Change Detection
This system compares two video streams recorded at different times and automatically detects features that changed during the interval. The systems flags these differences to allow a user to quickly see what changed, making it a good tool for security and reconnaissance applications. Developed ...
Velodyne (3D Laser) in Singapore Harbor
Velodyne (3D Laser) in Singapore Harbor
Watch as the Hover Research Group kayak manages to keep a very expensive piece of equipment safe from the waves! The intent is to gather 3D spacial data to reconstruct the surrounding obstacles and apply adaptive control for avoidance. Look for more in the future! This work was completed in ...