Turning carbon dioxide into valuable products
Assistant Professor Ariel Furst and her colleagues are looking to DNA to help guide the process.
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Chemical Engineering
New leadership at MIT’s Center for Biomedical Innovation
Stacy Springs named executive director; Richard Braatz is associate faculty director.
Making hydropower plants more sustainable
Natel Energy, founded by sibling MIT alumni, is deploying hydropower systems with fish-safe turbines and other features that mimic natural river conditions.
School of Engineering second quarter 2022 awards
Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes.
How different cancer cells respond to drug-delivering nanoparticles
The findings of a large-scale screen could help researchers design nanoparticles that target specific types of cancer.
Four researchers with MIT ties earn Schmidt Science Fellowships
International award supports early-career scientists and engineers as they pursue interdisciplinary works.
MIT welcomes eight MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2022-23
Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars will enhance and enrich the MIT community through engagement with students and faculty.
Microparticles could be used to deliver “self-boosting” vaccines
With particles that release their payloads at different times, one injection could provide multiple vaccine doses.
Robert Langer wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Institute Professor honored for groundbreaking work in nucleic acid delivery and nanoparticles.
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2022-23
Earning the top spot for the 11th straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.
Study finds natural sources of air pollution exceed air quality guidelines in many regions
MIT research highlights the opportunity to rethink global air quality guidelines.
Engineers develop nanoparticles that cross the blood-brain barrier
Tested using a new brain tissue model, the particles may be able to deliver chemotherapy drugs for glioblastoma.
MIT engineers boost signals from fluorescent sensors
The advance allows the particles to be placed deeper within biological tissue, which could aid with cancer diagnosis or monitoring.
MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium announces recipients of inaugural MCSC Seed Awards
Twenty winning projects will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions.
MIT J-WAFS announces 2022 seed grant recipients
The grants total over $1 million in support of research that addresses issues in the water and food sectors.