Category: Science
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Photography exhibition in Rotch Library
A studio photographer by trade, Mike Walker approaches subjects with the intention of drawing something out that one might not see or notice at...
Engineering librarians convene and celebrate
Serving the needs of engineers in a digital age
Much of the world knows the strength of the MIT Libraries engineering resources, but did you know the librarians who work with our engineers...
National Parks in the Libraries
Celebrate the centennial with guides, maps, audio books, and more
The record numbers of visitors to our National Parks this summer reminds us that 2016 marks the centennial of the National Parks Service. Crowds will...
OA research in the news: MIT scientists ain’t afraid of no ghost
Several MIT researchers had a hand in boosting the “geek cred” of characters in this summer’s Ghostbusters reboot. Physics faculty members Janet Conrad and...
Even more IET eBooks
37 years of books on topics central to MIT research and teaching
It’s always newsworthy when 37 years of a publisher’s books become available online to MIT, especially if the content is central to much of...
Can Computers be Feminist? Procedural Politics and Computational Creativity
A brown bag discussion with Gillian Smith
Join the Program on Information Science for a brown bag talk, Can Computers be Feminist? Procedural Politics and Computational Creativity. Discussant Gillian Smith will examine...
OA research in the news: A cheap, fast test for the Zika virus
Researchers at MIT and other universities have developed a cheap, fast test to diagnose the Zika virus, which is spread by infected mosquitoes and...
Ripple Effect
A groundbreaking discovery shows MIT’s commitment to open access
More than one billion years ago, two massive black holes collided and merged, releasing energy in the form of gravitational waves, or ripples in...
TAIR brings Arabidopsis Thaliana data to you
Search for genetic and molecular data
Many of you will already know the key plant Arabidopsis thaliana, the first plant to have its genome sequenced. But did you know MIT Libraries...