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From addressing the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180723235021/http://web.mit.edu/initiatives">energy needs</a> of tomorrow to improving <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180723235021/http://web.mit.edu/initiatives">cancer therapies</a>, MIT鈥檚 research efforts are enhanced through <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180723235021/http://global.mit.edu/">creative collaborations</a> with leading research institutes and consortia around the world. Compiled here are just some of the MIT labs, centers and programs where cutting-edge research is taking place.</p> </div>  <div id="SecondInfo"> <p class="SubHead">Institute research by topic</p>  <div class="columnsResearch"> <p class="Listings"><a href="topic/aeroastro.html#labs">aeronautics and astronautics</a></p> <p class="Listings"><a href="topic/architecture.html#labs">architecture</a></p> <p class="Listings"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180723235021/http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/">anthropology</a></p> <p class="Listings"><a href="topic/arts.html#labs">arts</a></p> <p class="Listings"><a href="topic/astronomy.html#labs">astronomy</a></p> <p class="Listings"><a href="topic/biology.html#labs">biology/bioengineering</a></p> <p class="Listings"><a href="topic/business.html#labs">business and management</a></p> <p class="Listings"><a href="topic/cancer.html#labs">cancer</a></p> <p class="Listings"><a href="topic/chemistry.html#labs">chemistry/chemical engineering</a></p> 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