From: MIT World on Mon, May 30 2011 1:59 AM

Four women who have made ground-breaking contributions in different disciplines describe their research, which has not only involved ‘thinking outside the box,’ but in some cases persevering in the face of skepticism. Two presenters work on the frontier of biological systems and materials scienc...

From: MIT World on Mon, May 30 2011 1:59 AM

In search of better-burning fuels, or more accurate projections of climate change, researchers inevitably work through multiple models, sometimes at great cost. Youssef Marzouk hopes to provide energy and environmental scientists constructive and efficient new approaches to modeling complex engi...

From: MIT World on Sun, Sep 05 2010 7:02 AM

As the United Nations and worldwide NGOs face the challenges of providing basic services to the survivors of the January 2010 Haitian earthquake, Oxfam’s Raymond Offenheiser scrutinizes what will ultimately be “crucial to the outcome, in the Haitian context, of a successful recovery and rehabili...

From: MIT World on Fri, Sep 03 2010 7:49 AM

As the United Nations and worldwide NGOs face the challenges of providing basic services to the survivors of the January 2010 Haitian earthquake, Oxfam’s Raymond Offenheiser scrutinizes what will ultimately be “crucial to the outcome, in the Haitian context, of a successful recovery and rehabili...

From: Deutsche Welle on Mon, Aug 23 2010 4:11 PM

Ingolf Baur: "Joining us in the studio is Dr. Birger-Gottfried Lühr from the German Research Center for Geosciences in Potsdam. He is an expert on earthquake risk assessment and early warning systems. What do you think, is there a chance to predict earthquakes by studying ants? Dr. Birger-Gottf...

From: redOrbit on Sat, Aug 21 2010 2:55 PM

Healing prayers may truly have healing power if you’re physically close to the patient.

From: MIT World on Sat, Jun 05 2010 2:38 PM

As the United Nations and worldwide NGOs face the challenges of providing basic services to the survivors of the January 2010 Haitian earthquake, Oxfam’s Raymond Offenheiser scrutinizes what will ultimately be “crucial to the outcome, in the Haitian context, of a successful recovery and rehabili...

From: sciencestage.com on Mon, Aug 31 2009 6:55 AM

and the trends in the properties along the Periodic Table. And, of course, it’s the electron configurations that allow us to understand the structure of the Periodic Table. But it is important to realize that the Periodic Table was first assembled by Mendeleev and other people, not on the basis ...