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In dazzling fashion, Neil Patrick Harris opened the night with dance moves and a shiny sequined tuxedo.

Fractal globule model Lieberman-Aiden’s new technique for creating 3-D genomic maps (Hi-C), gave him evidence him to theorize that the structure of the human genome forms a “fractal globule.” Here the genome forms sup...

At the MIT Energy Conference on Saturday, United States Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) speaks about the steps that the U.S. must take to achieve energy independence. The annual student-run conference focuses on technolo...

Erez Lieberman-Aiden G invented a way to find out how the genome folds.

Geoffrey V. Wilson ’02, current Media Lab employee, has been charged with the first-degree murder of his six-month-old son. Wilson, 31, is an MIT alumnus and an administrator at the Media Lab.

Peano curvesDiscovered by Giuseppe Peano in 1890, Peano curves are a class of one-dimensional space-filling curves that densely fill higher dimensional space. Liberman-Aiden, winner of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, ...

Equilibrium globule modelThe “equilibrium globule” is an older model that describes how the genome might exist in three-dimensions. Unlike in the “fractal globule” model, here individual strands are highly entangled a...

Scholar, inventor, and artist: Eriz Lieberman-Aiden, a graduate student in the Division of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and MIT, won the 2010 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize.

Leonardo Dicaprio is all furrowed eyebrows and inner angst in Scorsese’s newest thriller.

Rogue Wave transcends indie labels, weaving nerdy charm into its earnest rock songs.

Many students use shuttles but few use the M2, according to a UA survey.