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.
Department
Chemistry
Robert Griffin receives the ACS E. Bright Wilson Award
Professor of chemistry and head of the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory honored for his pioneering contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Reuben Saunders named 2016-2017 Churchill Scholar
MIT senior and chemistry major will pursue graduate studies in the U.K.
Engineering foe into friend
Bose Grant awardee Jacquin Niles aims to repurpose the malaria parasite for drug delivery.
A healthy breakdown
Researchers discover how some organisms process oxalate, a molecule that can harm humans.
MIT chemists characterize a chemical state thought to be unobservable
Researchers determine the energy and map the structure of a chemical reaction’s transition state.
Senior Alyssa Napier dedicates herself to improving MIT
Chemistry major works to address social justice issues.
Alan Davison, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies at 79
Longtime MIT professor was a "serial innovator" whose inventions included Cardiolite, an important tool in clinical nuclear cardiology.
Chemists create adaptable metallic-cage gels
New materials could be tuned for applications including drug delivery and water filtration.
Using microbes to clean up oil spills
Professor Catherine Drennan and graduate student Michael Funk want energy production and environmental protection to go hand in hand.
Matthew Shoulders receives NIH director's New Innovator Award
Seventy-eight grants awarded to scientists proposing highly innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research.
Analyzing protein structures in their native environment
Enhanced-sensitivity NMR could reveal new clues to how proteins fold.