Aging Brain Initiative awards fund five new ideas to study, fight neurodegeneration
Competitive seed grants launch yearlong investigations of novel hypotheses about potential causes, biomarkers, treatments of Alzheimer’s and ALS.
Competitive seed grants launch yearlong investigations of novel hypotheses about potential causes, biomarkers, treatments of Alzheimer’s and ALS.
Researchers build a portable desalination unit that generates clear, clean drinking water without the need for filters or high-pressure pumps.
A Climate Grand Challenges flagship project aims to reduce agriculture-driven emissions while making food crop plants heartier and more nutritious.
Study finds genome loops don’t last long in cells; theories of how loops control gene expression may need to be revised.
Microbes that safely break down antibiotics could prevent opportunistic infections and reduce antibiotic resistance.
The portfolio of multiyear projects focuses on delivering breakthrough solutions.
MIT biological engineers have developed a simple way to identify B or T cells that interact with viral or bacterial proteins.
Why has it taken the scientific community so long to include sex as a biological variable in research and analysis as a matter of course?
When it comes to carbon storage, some MIT scientists think the best solution is to find the fastest way to turn carbon into rock.
Faculty leaders describe their efforts to develop potentially game-changing tools.
Life sciences class brings biotech industry experience into the classroom with part-time internships for graduate students.
Tracing connections between neuron populations could help researchers map brain circuits that underlie behavior and perception.
Seventeen new professors join the MIT community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture.
MIT biologists drilled down into how proteins recognize and bind to one another, informing drug treatments for cancer.
New fellows are working on electronic health record algorithms, remote sensing data related to environmental health, and neural networks for the development of antibiotics.