Preventing mosquito-borne disease
MIT-Brazil Program interns collaborate on platform that optimizes mosquito control in Brazil.
Department
Biological Engineering
Let the research begin
Materials Processing Center and the Center for Materials Science and Engineering host 14 summer interns for undergraduate research experiences.
Robert Langer receives Kyoto Prize
Institute Professor cited as "a founder of the field of tissue engineering."
Illuminating neuron activity in 3-D
New technique allows scientists to monitor the entire nervous system of a small worm.
The CEHS 2014 poster winners
Graduate students and postdoc scholars presented the results of their research at Morss Hall.
Delving deep into the brain
MRI sensor allows neuroscientists to map neural activity with molecular precision.
Biotech to the rescue
Ram Sasisekharan’s startups provide novel methods to fight disease and make better drugs.
Brewing up sustainability
Novel system devised by MIT spinout Cambrian Innovation uses microbes to treat, extract power from wastewater.
Fast way to measure DNA repair
Test analyzing cells’ ability to fix different kinds of broken DNA could help doctors predict cancer risk.
Feng Zhang wins NSF's Alan T. Waterman Award
Waterman Award is NSF's highest honor recognizing an outstanding researcher under the age of 35.
Tiny particles may pose big risk
Some nanoparticles commonly added to consumer products can significantly damage DNA.
How to build a biotech renaissance: MIT in Kendall Square
A look back at how Institute Professor Phillip Sharp, his startup Biogen, and MIT’s biotech community helped revive Kendall Square.
MRI reveals genetic activity
New MIT technique could help decipher genes’ roles in learning and memory.