Replicating the connection between muscles and nerves
New chip could help test drugs for ALS, other neuromuscular disorders.
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Kay Tye receives Freedman Prize for Exceptional Basic Research
Neuroscientist recognized by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation for project on neural circuits for anxiety control.
Analyzing lithium ion battery fatigue
Summer Scholar Erica Eggleton joins Van Vliet Lab to make and test lithium manganese oxide electrodes.
Targeting genes by the thousands
PhD student Tim Wang uses CRISPR to take a big-picture approach to cancer research.
$1 million gift to support diversity in STEM education
Gift from Hopper-Dean Foundation will enhance computer science and engineering programs for high school and middle school students.
Portable device produces biopharmaceuticals on demand
System would use microbes for manufacturing small amounts of vaccines and other therapies.
Why working the night shift can pose a cancer risk
New study reveals a link between circadian clock disruption and tumor growth.
![“It really matters how adults think and talk about what it means to be a child,” says literature professor Marah Gubar, noting that childhood “is not just biological; it’s also a social and cultural matter, so it changes over time, across cultures, and in different [social] classes.”](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_item/public/images/201607/MIT-Marah-Gubar-A1-press.jpg?itok=a_IdO8Rh)
Your child, the literary talent
Literature professor Marah Gubar studies the creative powers of kids.
Celebrating 20 years of the MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor George Ogata '92 honored for his years of service at MIT Professional Education-sponsored event.
Imaging the brain at multiple size scales
New technique can reveal subcellular details and long-range connections.
2016 MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellows announced
Program blurs the lines between academia and the world.
Scientists program cells to remember and respond to series of stimuli
New approach to biological circuit design enables scientists to track cell histories.
Seeking big answers
PhD student Rebecca Millsop uses philosophy to take on contentious questions about how we define art.