Tough new hydrogel hybrid doesn’t dry out
Water-based material could be used to make artificial skin, longer-lasting contact lenses.
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A strategy for “convergence” research to transform biomedicine
Report calls for more integration of physical, life sciences for needed advances in biomedical research.
Silk-based filtration material breaks barriers
Engineers find nanosized building blocks of silk hold the secrets to improved filtration membranes.
An economist delves into charter schools
PhD student Elizabeth Setren brings data to bear on questions about local education policy.
Analog computing returns
New analog compiler could help enable simulation of whole organs and even organisms.
Feng Zhang named 2016 Tang Prize laureate
Broad Institute/MIT scientist among three honored for CRISPR contributions.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offering new minors, subjects this fall
CEE creates three new undergraduate minors, adds new subjects to extend choice and opportunity.
Study: Molecular motors shape chromosome structure
By organizing chromosomes into many tiny loops, molecular motors play key role cell division.
Klaus Biemann, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies at 89
Regarded as the father of organic mass spectrometry, longtime MIT professor solved many problems in protein structure.
Mixing solids and liquids enhances optical properties of both
New approach can dramatically change the extent to which optical devices scatter light.
Matt Damon celebrates his “fake graduation” while addressing the Class of 2016
“Turn toward the problems you see” Damon says; MIT President Reif urges graduates to prepare for “cosmic problem set.”
Gene circuits in live cells can perform complex computations
Technique combines analogue and digital processes in engineered cells.
At MIT, a culture of innovation "never gets old"
With support she received at the Institute, Leila Pirhaji wants to bring computational systems biology to the marketplace.
New CRISPR system for targeting RNA
Scientists program C2c2, discovered in bacteria as a viral defense mechanism, to manipulate cellular RNA.