New strategies for anesthesia
Emery Brown says anesthesia drugs have been used in the U.S. for more than 160 years, but were largely misunderstood — until now.
Radio chip for the “Internet of things”
Circuit that reduces power leakage when transmitters are idle could greatly extend battery life.
Fibers made by transforming materials
New approach could enable low-cost silicon devices in fibers that could be made into fabrics.
New nanogel for drug delivery
Self-healing gel can be injected into the body and act as a long-term drug depot.
Deshpande Center call for proposals
Grant proposals may be submitted by any MIT faculty member with principal investigator status.
Can an LED-filled “robot garden” make coding more accessible?
CSAIL’s 100-plus blooming, crawling, swimming bots teach basic programming concepts.
Researchers generate a reference map of the human epigenome
Better understanding of epigenetic modifications could elucidate their role in human traits, diseases.
Epigenomics of Alzheimer’s disease progression
Study of epigenomic modifications reveals immune basis of Alzheimer's disease.
Smarter multicore chips
New approach to distributing computations could make multicore chips much faster.
Taking technology from the lab to the patient
Daniel Anderson wants to bring advances in drug delivery and biomaterials to the clinic.
Chasing the plume
Civil and environmental engineering "TREX" course allows students to examine firsthand the effects of volcanic emissions on air and soil quality.
Shruti Sharma wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Award allows MIT senior to pursue a PhD in materials and manufacturing engineering at the University of Cambridge.
Jack Ruina dies at 91
Emeritus professor of electrical engineering and computer science was a former MIT vice president for special labs and first director of MIT's Security Studies Program.
Tackling the “Achilles’ heel” of OLED displays
Inkjet-printing system could enable mass-production of large-screen and flexible OLED displays.