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Red staining indicates expression of Kir2.1 potassium ion channels in dentate gyrus engram cells in the hippocampus of the brain.

How returning to a prior context aids memory recall

Picower Institute researchers discover the brain mechanism that helps details come flooding back when you visit a scene again.

December 12, 2018

Students presented their findings at a science fair held during the spring 2018 Designing the First-Year Experience course.

Creating a more flexible first-year experience at MIT

A Class of 2022 experiment aims to enhance opportunities for students to explore majors, minors, and other interests.

December 12, 2018

MIT researchers have 3-D printed a novel microfluidic device that simulates cancer treatments on biopsied tumor tissue — and keeps the tissue alive for days — so clinicians can better examine how individual patients will respond to different therapeutics.

To guide cancer therapy, device quickly tests drugs on tumor tissue

Inexpensive 3-D-printed microfluidics device could be used to personalize cancer treatment.

December 12, 2018

From an original transparent etching (far right), engineers produced a photograph in the dark (top left), then attempted to reconstruct the object using first a physics-based algorithm (top right), then a trained neural network (bottom left), before combining both the neural network with the physics-based algorithm to produce the clearest, most accurate reproduction (bottom right) of the original ...

Deep-learning technique reveals “invisible” objects in the dark

Method could illuminate features of biological tissues in low-exposure images.

December 12, 2018

MIT professor Eric Alm cofounded the Global Microbiome Conservancy, which identifies and preserves gut bacteria from different peoples around the world.

3Q: Eric Alm on the mysteries of the microbiome

“A diet or treatment of the microbiome may lead to increased diversity, but that does not mean it's better or healthier for you,” says the engineering professor.

December 7, 2018

MIT engineers have developed new antimicrobial peptides based on a naturally occurring peptide produced by a South American wasp.

MIT engineers repurpose wasp venom as an antibiotic drug

Altered peptides from a South American wasp’s venom can kill bacteria but are nontoxic to human cells.

December 7, 2018

MIT researchers are developing ribonucleases as potential drugs to treat cancer. In a new study, they found that the drugs work better when given with already-approved drugs known as kinase inhibitors.

New drug combination could be more effective against melanoma

Chemists discover an unexpected synergy between two types of cancer drugs.

December 3, 2018

Clockwise from top left: Crystal Winston, Katie O’Nell, Kyle Swanson, Anna Sappington, and Radha Mastandrea

Five MIT students named 2019 Marshall Scholars

Radha Mastandrea, Katie O’Nell, Anna Sappington, Kyle Swanson, and Crystal Winston will begin graduate studies in the UK next fall.

December 2, 2018

The principal researchers of Lincoln Laboratory's 12 finalists for 2018 R&D 100 Awards pose with Lincoln Laboratory Director Eric Evans (far left). The principal researchers of the 10 winning technologies are holding their award plaques.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory wins 10 R&D 100 Awards

Technologies ranging from a hurricane-evacuation decision platform to algorithms that compare DNA samples honored as some of the world's best inventions of 2018.

November 30, 2018