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Chemical engineering
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Confronting Zika
MIT's Institute of Medical Engineering and Science is on the front lines of efforts to diagnose and develop a vaccine against the emerging Zika virus.
February 23, 2016 -
Eleven MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty from eight MIT science and engineering departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.
February 23, 2016 -
Four MIT faculty win Presidential Early Career Awards
Buie, Buonassisi, Tisdale, and Tye honored with the U.S. government's highest award for young scientists and engineers.
February 19, 2016 -
A living, breathing textile aims to enhance athletic performance
Researchers in the Media Lab's bioLogic group have created a new form of performance fabric that combines biomaterials research with textile design.
February 16, 2016 -
Cell squeezing enhances protein imaging
Compressing cells allows delivery of new fluorescent tags to track proteins in living cells.
February 1, 2016 -
Curing disease by repairing faulty genes
New delivery method boosts efficiency of CRISPR genome-editing system.
February 1, 2016 -
No more insulin injections?
Encapsulated pancreatic cells offer possible new diabetes treatment.
January 25, 2016 -
Synthetic antibody detects proteins
New nanosensors recognize fibrinogen; may detect insulin, other biomarkers as well.
January 13, 2016 -
Three from MIT named inaugural Schwarzman Scholars
New award pays for one-year master's at Tsinghua University in China.
January 11, 2016 -
Solar energy from discarded car batteries
An MIT development could benefit both the environment and human health.
December 22, 2015 -
Molecule makers
A new course in the Department of Chemical Engineering gives freshmen hands-on experience.
December 22, 2015 -
Reducing waste and inefficiency, while increasing access and profits, propels MIT Energy Hackathon
Eight real-world industry challenges fuel teams’ competitive spirit and impressive results.
December 11, 2015 -
Protein imaging reveals detailed brain architecture
New technique could contribute to efforts to map the human brain.
December 3, 2015 -
Bose Grants fund bold and innovative visions
Four high-risk, high-reward projects launch with support from Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
November 24, 2015 -
A new way to monitor vital signs
Ingestible sensor measures heart and breathing rates from within the digestive tract.
November 18, 2015 -
Shocking new way to get the salt out
MIT team invents efficient shockwave-based process for desalination of water.
November 12, 2015 -
Real-time epidemiology from urban wastewater
MIT and Kuwait researchers have been awarded $4 million to fund Underworlds, a study of real-time epidemiology using biomarkers in urban sewage.
November 2, 2015 -
New engineering faculty for 2015-2016
The School of Engineering welcomes 18 new faces.
October 28, 2015 -
Using ultrasound to improve drug delivery
New approach could aid in treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
October 21, 2015 -
Kwanghun Chung awarded Packard Fellowship
Funding will support the development of novel technologies for better understanding of large-scale biological systems.
October 20, 2015