“We can use a variety of techniques to change the chemistry of these proteins so they have different structures and functionalities.” —Brad Pentelute

“Before I ever wanted to be an Olympian, I knew that I wanted to be an engineer. And if you want to be the best, you’ve got to train with the best." — MIT senior Jordan Malone

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New work combining horizontal gene transfer data with the microbial fossil record has allowed researchers to estimate absolute ages for methane-producing microbes on the geological timeline.

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Thasos Group, founded at MIT in 2011, has developed a platform that leverages cellphone data, in anonymized and aggregated form, to measure economies for industry and investors.

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Solve at MIT celebrates Solver teams — tech entrepreneurs driving social impact — and connects them with the Solve community to build robust partnerships to help pilot, scale, and implement their solutions.

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Taking a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) around the time of surgery may thwart early metastatic relapse in breast cancer patients without impeding post-surgical wound healing.

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Happy birthday, I.M. Pei '40! Pei is the master architect who designed the Green Building and the Wiesner Building at MIT. #MITHistory

Photo: Arts at MIT

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William #Shakespeare, who died #onthisday in 1616, had a way with words from a soliloquy to an insult. Celebrate him with a good Shakespearean dis of your own. Here's a site to help you get started: http://mitsha.re/4mZExL

Image: Jose-Luis Olivares

Just below the ocean’s sunlit zone, resides a layer of nitrite, an intermediate compound in the nitrogen cycle. While several individual hypotheses have been put forward, none have convincingly explained this marine signature until now.

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