Growing season
New professional education program on agriculture, innovation, and the environment attracts global agricultural leaders to MIT.
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Chi Zhang wins Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation
Established in 2013, the Regeneron Prize is the country’s most prestigious award a graduate student in the field can receive.
The quest for clean water
MIT researchers design a solar-powered desalination device for rural India.
Microbiome genes on the move
Largest metagenomic view of the developing world uncovers “mobile genes” that reveal how culture shapes the human microbiome.
Why we like the music we do
New study suggests that musical tastes are cultural in origin, not hardwired in the brain.
Exploring networks efficiently
Analysis of ant colony behavior could yield better algorithms for network communication.
New clue to how lithium works in the brain
Biologists find a possible explanation for why the drug helps bipolar patients.
Michael Mitchell wins Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface
MIT postdoc is among 10 scientists honored for combining biology with the physical sciences and engineering toward medical breakthroughs.
Mapping molecular neighborhoods
Associate Professor Ernest Fraenkel uses biological network modeling to identify new targets for disease.
New microfluidic device offers means for studying electric field cancer therapy
Low-intensity fields keep malignant cells from spreading, while preserving healthy cells.
Engineers design programmable RNA vaccines
Tests in mice show the vaccines work against Ebola, influenza, and a common parasite.
Seeing RNA at the nanoscale
Microscopy technique allows scientists to pinpoint RNA molecules in the brain.
Seeing science
Workshop led by scientist and photographer Felice Frankel teaches researchers how to translate experiments into captivating images.
The promise of fluorescent polymer gels
Color-changing materials could be used to detect structural failure in energy-related equipment.