Karen Gleason named associate provost
Brings 27 years’ faculty experience and strong ties with industry.
Department
Chemical Engineering
Mentoring: It's the network
MacVicar Day explores how to create more ways to mentor MIT undergraduates.
Fast synthesis could boost drug development
Chemists devise a new way to manufacture peptide drugs, which hold promise for treating many diseases.
Bionic plants
Nanotechnology could turn shrubbery into supercharged energy producers or sensors for explosives.
Howard Brenner, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, passes away at 84
Fluid dynamics researcher profoundly influenced his field
Robert Langer wins 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Langer honored for his discoveries in controlled drug-release systems and new biomaterials; awards ceremony hosted by Kevin Spacey to be broadcast Jan. 27
New sensor tracks zinc in cells
Shifts in zinc’s location could be exploited for early diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Researchers unlock a new means of growing intestinal stem cells
Studying these cells could lead to new treatments for diseases ranging from gastrointestinal disease to diabetes.
Pills of the future: nanoparticles
Researchers design drug-carrying nanoparticles that can be taken orally
Creating synthetic antibodies
Synthetic polymers coating a nanoparticle surface can recognize specific molecules just like an antibody.
Self-steering particles go with the flow
Asymmetrical particles could make lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devices more efficient and portable.