Curing disease by repairing faulty genes
New delivery method boosts efficiency of CRISPR genome-editing system.
Department
Chemical Engineering
Synthetic antibody detects proteins
New nanosensors recognize fibrinogen; may detect insulin, other biomarkers as well.
Three from MIT named inaugural Schwarzman Scholars
New award pays for one-year master's at Tsinghua University in China.
Solar energy from discarded car batteries
An MIT development could benefit both the environment and human health.
Molecule makers
A new course in the Department of Chemical Engineering gives freshmen hands-on experience.
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.
Protein imaging reveals detailed brain architecture
New technique could contribute to efforts to map the human brain.
Powering science
The MIT High Performance Research Computing Facility powers MIT research behind the scenes.
A new way to monitor vital signs
Ingestible sensor measures heart and breathing rates from within the digestive tract.
Shocking new way to get the salt out
MIT team invents efficient shockwave-based process for desalination of water.
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.
Using ultrasound to improve drug delivery
New approach could aid in treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
Kwanghun Chung awarded Packard Fellowship
Funding will support the development of novel technologies for better understanding of large-scale biological systems.