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The article reveals that the researchers from the University of Wisconsin, led by Richard Weindruch, have been testing a calorie-restricted diet in a group of rhesus monkeys in 1989. It notes that 38 out of the 76 monkeys in the study which now range in age from 18-31 years are on calorie restriction. Nine of the animals on normal diets have died of age-related causes such as diabetes and cancer and only five of the dieting monkeys have died of such causes. There is some evidence that the diet prevents diabetes because three of the monkeys on an unrestricted diet have the disease while none of the dieters do.

This article focuses on the energy problem being prioritized by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After the appointment of Susan Hockfield as president of MIT, she immediately established the Energy Research Council. The Council proposed a three-part interdisciplinary research plan that includes work aimed at improving energy systems. Curriculum changes have been proposed by The Council's heads Moniz and Robert Armstrong to help students work on energy problems. MIT researchers who are working on the energy problem are Vladimir Bulovic, Leon Glicksman and Karen Polenske.

The article reveals the plan of John Durant, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) museum, to transform the museum into a high profile venue that showcases cutting-edge MIT research. New ideas are in the mind of Durant to create exhibits of research in progress. A collaboration among museum staff, computer scientists and historians on a project that will transform that campus into a digital museum. Expansion plans are also in progress that would incorporate working lab space into the museum.

The article reports on the development of a method to protect neurons from Parkinson's disease by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The research was led by Susan Lindquist, a biology professor and member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. It focused on the alpha-synuclein protein and could possibly lead to therapies for Parkinson's disease in humans. The protein plays a role in the process cells use to shuttle proteins between two internal compartments. The young proteins are then enclosed within protective lipid bubbles which also protects the dopamine-producing neurons from damage.

The article focuses on a Massachusetts Institute of Technology research which offers evidence that debris from star explosion falls back toward a neutron star. The debris swirl around the star with a marble at its center. Based on the images taken by the Infrared Spitzer Telescope, associate professor Deepto Chakrabarty deduced that the spinning cloud created when a star dies in an explosion could give rise to planets.

The article focuses on the initiative launched by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Research Council. The initiative was developed to promote energy research, integrate energy concerns into the curriculum and improve energy efficiency on campus. A report was issued by the interdisciplinary council, which recommends the formation of a group to spearhead energy efforts and calls for the institute to conduct basic research to develop future energy technologies, improve current energy systems and address the developing world's growing energy use.