Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Researchers with MIT and Harvard Medical School say a study in mice helped them identify the impacts of exercise and high-fat diets on cells, and that the information could lead to the eventual development of drugs that would enhance or mimic the benefits of working out.

Their goal was to answer one question: Is it possible to split an Oreo down the middle and get the same amount of cream on both sides of the wafer?

For the last couple of years, standardized tests like the ACT and SAT were dropped as an application requirement for many colleges and universities, as there was too much disruption in education because of the pandemic. But now, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says it’s bringing the testing back as part of the admissions process. “What they’re doing is...

A Harvard scholar is amplifying calls by anti-corruption researchers for Western institutions to stop accepting money with ties to Russia, including some right here in Massachusetts. Harvard University was named in an appeal published by the Anti-Corruption Action Center in Kyiv, urging all Western academic institutions and think tanks to cease any forms of cooperation with Kremlin-connected entities and sponsors….

Carol Saivetz, a senior advisor for the MIT Security Studies program, discusses the latest developments from the war Vladimir Putin’s Russia is waging on Ukraine.

As the world condemns Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is ending a collaborative program with Russia that launched a research university in Moscow more than a decade ago. The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, or Skoltech, was founded in October of 2011 as part of a joint effort between MIT and Russia. MIT President…

Federal prosecutors are recommending dropping charges against a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was accused last year of hiding work he did for the Chinese government while also collecting U.S. dollars for his nanotechnology research.

A building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was evacuated after a bomb threat, but police in Cambridge say they have not found evidence to substantiate it. The threat was made against the Green Building, or Building 54, MIT said. “Despite similar threats being called at universities nationwide in the past week, we nevertheless out of an abundance of caution…

Five New England universities are among the top 10 U.S. colleges, according to a new ranking that puts two of them at the very top of the list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology topped the Niche 2022 Best Colleges in America list, followed by Harvard University in second place. Yale University ranked No. 4, Brown University No. 8 and Dartmouth College…

Oliver “Ollie” Smoot didn’t expect to become a lasting legend when he came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but that all changed the night his fraternity used his body to measure a bridge . A younger Ollie was chosen by Lambda Chi Alpha to become a measurement painted on Harvard Bridge decades ago. Now the “smoot” is an official…

Boston’s Harvard Bridge at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is covered in “smoots.” Learn about the origin of this real measurement from Ollie Smoot himself, and discover some of the lesser-known secrets it holds.

The highly-anticipated sequel to the 2018 Marvel blockbuster “Black Panther” spent the past several days filming on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, giving students and faculty a glimpse of all the action. Eyewitnesses spotted crews filming near the student center and on the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge. “They had some race cars around and a motorcycle and there were rumors…

New England is home to half of the top 10 colleges and universities in the country, according to a new report.  On Monday, the college information database Niche published its 2022 Best Colleges report, comparing more than 1,000 colleges and universities across the United States based on student reviews and data from the federal Department of Education.  MIT topped the…