Science Spotlights

In Search of Another Earth

Dec 27, 2010

In a three-part series, MIT News explored MIT researchers’ roles in the quest to find an Earth twin and the effort to make sense of the 500 exoplanets that have been discovered since 1995.

The New Wave of Global Collaboration

Dec 21, 2010

While international scientific collaboration is already occurring on a small scale, there are significant hurdles to jump before major projects can be tackled globally. Identifying and addressing those hurdles was at the heart of a special panel discussion held at the 2010 Transatlantic Science Week in Washington, D.C.

ASTRO 2010: Charting the Next Decade in Astronomy

Aug 27, 2010

Following the release of the National Research Council's Astronomy and Astrophysics decadal survey, survey chairman Roger Blandford and committee member Michael Turner discuss Astro2010, as well as the current and future directions of the fields.

The Future of Computing, from Extreme to Green

Aug 18, 2010

In September, 2010, leading scientists across several disciplines will gather for the next Kavli Futures Symposium to discuss what science needs from computing. In advance of this meeting, four of the participants discuss those needs, how current computing advances are impacting research, and how the future of computing is not only looking extreme and green, but is moving closer to how the brain computes.