Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

For much of the last half-century, the study of global exchange rates has been treated as a branch of physics. In the hallowed halls of neoclassical economics, there is a belief in a “natural” state ...

SAMUELSON Irving Carl (Sam), Of Mendota Heights, MN, Passed away on November 10th at the age of 96, after a hard fought battle with congestive heart failure. Irving graduated from Harding High School ...

Scientists at MIT and Stanford have unveiled a promising new way to help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells more effectively. Their strategy targets a hidden “off switch” that tumors ...

QUESTIONS AND VERY FEW ANSWERS. YOU GOT THAT RIGHT. YOU KNOW, INVESTIGATORS SAID FROM THE START THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING. BUT TONIGHT, SOURCES ...

BROOKLINE, Mass. – Authorities are investigating the death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor after he was found fatally shot inside his Boston-area apartment earlier this week. Nuno ...

The shooting death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at his home near Boston is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. Nuno Loureiro, 47, from Portugal, was ...

Homicide detectives are investigating after a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lab director and professor was found shot to death in his Brookline home. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was taken to ...

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot in his Boston-area home, according to authorities, who said they’re searching for a suspect. The Norfolk District Attorney’s ...

Robert J. Samuelson, who sought to explain the implications of unemployment, inflation and government spending to ordinary readers for more than 40 years as an economics columnist for The Washington ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology became the first university to turn down a proposed deal offering favorable access to federal funding in return for the backing of the the Donald Trump ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer discovered something remarkable while studying the Harlem Children's Zone. They had eliminated the racial achievement gap in math and cut it by a third in reading. But ...