Acoustic waves can monitor stiffness of living cells Technique sheds light on cells’ health and development; may be useful for precision medicine. February 11, 2019 Read full story →
President Reif calls for federal funding, focused education to address “opportunity and threat” of AI In Financial Times op-ed, MIT president says higher education must teach students to be “AI bilingual.” February 11, 2019 Read full story →
New technique pinpoints milestones in the evolution of bacteria Results show bacterial genomes provide “shadow history” of animal evolution. February 7, 2019 Read full story →
Biologists answer fundamental question about cell size The need to produce just the right amount of protein is behind the striking uniformity of sizes. February 7, 2019 Read full story →
A better way to measure cell survival New test rapidly evaluates the effect of drugs and potentially toxic compounds on cells. February 5, 2019 Read full story →
Biologist Adam Martin studies the mechanics of tissue folding The dynamic process is critical to embryonic development and other cellular phenomena. January 31, 2019 Read full story →
Technique could boost resolution of tissue imaging as much as tenfold Approach developed by MIT engineers surmounts longstanding problem of light scattering within biological tissue and other complex materials. January 31, 2019 Read full story →
SuperUROP: Showcasing students' research work in progress Undergraduate researchers discussed their projects at a well-attended poster session. January 31, 2019 Read full story →
Tsai earns Hans Wigzell's Prize in Medicine Award recognizes Alzheimer's disease discoveries. January 25, 2019 Read full story →
Scientists engineer new CRISPR platform for DNA targeting CRISPR team harnesses new Cas12b enzyme for use in eukaryotic cells, adding to the CRISPR toolbox. January 22, 2019 Read full story →
Sallie “Penny” Chisholm awarded the 2019 Crafoord Prize Institute Professor honored for discovering Prochlorococcus, the most abundant photosynthesizing organism on Earth. January 22, 2019 Read full story →
From microfluidics to metastasis New platform enables longitudinal studies of circulating tumor cells in mouse models of cancer. January 21, 2019 Read full story →
Enhanced NMR reveals chemical structures in a fraction of the time Technique could yield insights into complex proteins involved in Alzheimer’s and other diseases. January 18, 2019 Read full story →
Mapping the brain at high resolution New 3-D imaging technique can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain. January 17, 2019 Read full story →
Study shows how specific gene variants may raise bipolar disorder risk Findings could help inform new therapies, improve diagnosis. January 17, 2019 Read full story →