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Chemical Engineering

Four undergraduates named Goldwater scholars

April 26, 2010

Timothy Humpton

Three from MIT win Gates scholarships

April 8, 2010

MIT chemical engineers have shown that some populations of yeast engineered to produce drugs secrete large quantities of the drug, while others lag behind, even though the yeast are genetically identical.

Slackers and superstars of the microbial workplace

MIT chemical engineers find that yeast engineered to manufacture drugs vary widely in their productivity

March 26, 2010

Women in Ghana work with cassava, which is cut, milled, pressed and dried (sometimes fermented first).

In the World: Nanotech on the farm

MIT chemical engineer Paula Hammond lends her nanotechnology expertise to farmers in Africa.

March 12, 2010

MIT researchers have developed a high-throughput method for the detection of biomolecules (such as DNA shown here) using multifunctional particles. The technique could make medical diagnostics and drug discovery faster and cheaper.

Hydrogel particles pave way for new bedside diagnostics

Chemical engineers bring 'theranostics'--personalized therapies--ever closer.

March 8, 2007