Using computer programs and mathematical formulae,an astrophysicist and an applied economist have created a new calendar in which each new 12-month period is identical to the one which came before, and remains that way from one year to the next in perpetuity

MSU chemists become the first to support an 84-year-old theory

27 Dec 2011

Higgs eludes detection; ATLAS finds new particle at Large Hadron Collider

27 Dec 2011

'Nanoantennas' show promise in optical innovations

26 Dec 2011

Flipping an egg carton of light traps giant atoms

By By Nicole Casal Moore | 26 Dec 2011

Scientists succeed in making the spinal cord transparent

26 Dec 2011

Modelling the spread of radioactivity in seawater

By By Rachel VanCott, MIT Sea Grant | 24 Dec 2011

When earthquake-triggered tsunami waves hit Japan in March, the surging water overtopped seawalls and caused massive damage that resulted in a release of radioactive seawater. Researchers funded by MIT Sea Grant develop a model to examine its near-shore and open-ocean circulation

Water out of thick air

By By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office | 24 Dec 2011

How traditional social networks fuelled Twitter’s spread

By By Denise Brehm, civil and environmental engineeri | 21 Dec 2011

MIT researchers who studied the growth of the newly hatched Twitter from 2006 to 2009 say the site’s early growth in the US actually relied on media attention and traditional social networks based on geographic proximity and socio economic similarity

Two new Earth-sized exoplanets discovered

By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 21 Dec 2011

Hunting for habitable worlds, NASA’s Kepler space telescope has unveiled two new planets, some 950 light-years away, and though neither planet is Earth’s twin, scientists say the discovery is a technological milestone

Precise insight into developing low-friction surfaces

20 Dec 2011

Data-driven tools show geographical patterns of rainfall extremes in India new light

20 Dec 2011

Industrial “inertia to change” delaying development of zero carbon homes: report

19 Dec 2011

Multisensory integration: when correlation implies causation

17 Dec 2011

Physicists’ ‘light from darkness’ breakthrough named a top 2011 discovery

By By Nicole Casal Moore | 17 Dec 2011

Jumping droplets take a lot of heat, as long as it comes in a cool way

By By Richard Merritt | 16 Dec 2011

Stanford scientists' computer models help predict tsunami risk

By By Steven Fyffe | 14 Dec 2011

Stanford scientists are using complex computational models to solve the puzzle of the devastating tsunami that struck Japan earlier this year and predict where future tsunamis might occur