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The leadership team for the Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, or J-Clinic: (l-r) Institute Professor and Nobel laureate Philip Sharp; James Collins, the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science; Regina Barzilay, the Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and Anantha Chandrakasan, the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engi...

Regina Barzilay, James Collins, and Phil Sharp join leadership of new effort on machine learning in health

MacArthur “geniuses” in machine learning and synthetic biology to serve as faculty co-leads; Nobel laureate to chair advisory board of new research center.

October 3, 2018

MIT researchers have shown that some of the atoms in an enzyme called carbon monoxide dehydrogenase can rearrange themselves when oxygen levels are low. A nickel atom (green) leaves the cube-like structure, displacing an iron atom (orange). One sulfur atom (yellow) also moves out of the cube.

Chemists discover unexpected enzyme structure

Metal cluster in enzyme that breaks down carbon dioxide can switch between two different shapes.

October 2, 2018

“In sensing applications, you instead want a very carefully shaped hole in your net to let through the specific signal you’re looking for." says David Layden, PhD student in nuclear science and engineering.

Honing quantum sensing

PhD student David Layden in the Quantum Engineering Group has a new approach to spatial noise filtering that boosts development of ultra-sensitive quantum sensors.

September 25, 2018

The MIT.nano building, at the center of campus adjacent to the Great Dome, has expansive glass facades that allow natural light into the labs while giving visitors a clear view of the research in action.

A big new home for the ultrasmall

MIT.nano building, the largest of its kind, will usher in a new age of nanoscale advancements.

September 23, 2018

“Resonant Games” is being published by the MIT Press. The authors (top left, clockwise): Jason Haas, Eric Klopfer, Scot Osterweil, and Louisa Rosenbeck

What makes an educational video game work well?

MIT designers explain their philosophy in a new book, “Resonant Games.”

September 20, 2018

The new faculty who will be making contributions to the School of Science are (clockwise from top left) Tristan Collins, Julien de Wit, Ila Fiete, Ankur Jain, Kiyoshi Masui, Phiala Shanahan, Nike Sun, Alison Wendlandt, Chenyang Xu, and Zhiwei Yun.

School of Science welcomes 10 professors

New faculty join the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.

September 19, 2018

McGovern Institute investigator Feng Zhang is the winner of the 2018 Keio Medical Science Prize.

Feng Zhang wins 2018 Keio Medical Science Prize

McGovern Institute scientist is recognized with award for outstanding and creative achievements made in the life and medical sciences.

September 19, 2018

Sam Bowring (front) and former graduate student Seth Burgess inspect the End-Permian extinction horizon at Penglaitan.

An extinction without warning

Study finds end-Permian extinction, which wiped out most of Earth’s species, was instantaneous in geological time.

September 18, 2018

Four GapR subunits assemble as a dimer-of-dimer complex, forming a clamp around overtwisted DNA, which arises during DNA replication and transcription.

Detangling DNA replication

Researchers identify an essential protein that helps enzymes relax overtwisted DNA so each strand can be copied during cell division.

September 17, 2018

This morning’s ceremonial signing at the J-Clinic launch event. From left to right: Hassan Jameel, president of Community Jameel Saudi Arabia; L. Rafael Reif, president of MIT; Fady Jameel, president of Community Jameel International.

Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health at MIT aims to revolutionize disease prevention, detection, and treatment

A key part of the MIT Quest for Intelligence, J-Clinic builds on MIT expertise across multiple scientific disciplines.

September 17, 2018

“If you have a problem, and you look into the problem in nature and see how animals or plants deal with these kinds of problems and extract those design principles, you can try to replicate [them] using engineering approaches,” saysZijay Tang, a PhD candidate in MIT’s Department of Biological Engineering.

Inspired by nature, reaching across disciplines

PhD student Zijay Tang is developing a living material that can sense and filter water contaminants.

September 17, 2018

It's often unclear how to turn molecular knowledge into new therapeutics, especially for cancers with no clear genetic cause like medulloblastoma.

Protein analysis uncovers new medulloblastoma subtypes

Research team shows the power of proteomics to discover new drug targets and help develop therapeutic strategies with fewer long-term side effects.

September 14, 2018

Edward Doddridge, a postdoc in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT, co-developed a model to investigate the mechanism behind phytoplankton growth within subtropical gyres.

How phytoplankton survive in ocean gyres with low nutrient supplies

Model of nutrient recycling may explain longstanding mystery.

September 14, 2018

McGovern Institute investigator and brain and cognitive sciences Assistant Professor Mark Harnett has been named a 2018 Vallee Scholar.

Mark Harnett named Vallee Foundation Scholar

MIT neuroscientist is among five people selected to receive the early career award.

September 14, 2018

Researchers are only beginning to understand how the gut microbiome — the vital community of microorganisms that lives in our intestines — interacts with our bodies and the food we eat.

Even on standardized diet, gut flora change from day to day

Despite a single, unchanging food source in the form of a liquid meal replacement shake, bacteria in the gut are unpredictable, researchers find.

September 13, 2018