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Varesh Prasad, an MIT graduate student in health sciences and technology, is creating a multidisciplinary future in health care.
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Designing a better built environment
Oral Buyukozturk develops innovative designs and technologies for durable, sustainable physical infrastructure projects.
Controlling RNA in living cells
Modular, programmable proteins can be used to track or manipulate gene expression.
How history can help us solve global economic issues
MIT economic historian Anne McCants discusses the connection between innovation and opportunity.
Biobarrier explorer and dark matter theorist win MIT’s prestigious junior faculty award
Katharina Ribbeck and Jesse Thaler named recipients of the Harold E. Edgerton Award.
MIT researchers look to the future
Symposium explores rich variety of MIT endeavors, from X-ray vision to urban development.
J-WAFS to host inaugural conference
Program will feature advances in technologies at the nexus of food, water, and the environment.
James Collins appointed 2016 Allen Distinguished Investigator
Award will support the engineering of safe, frequently consumed bacteria to detect and kill dangerous bacteria such as those causing drug-resistant infections.
An ace on the court and in the lab
EECS senior Ava Soleimany talks about leadership, her research in synthetic biology, and her tenure as captain of the women’s tennis team.
Letter regarding the new director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office
Lesley Millar-Nicholson succeeds Lita Nelsen as director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office.
Method for earlier detection of leukemia wins $300,000 grant
Team takes home grand prize from Koch Institute’s unique research-grant pitch competition.
Using new models and big data to better understand financial risk
Bringing together engineers, data theorists, mathematicians, economists, biologists, and policy experts, IDSS is looking at financial risk through a multidisciplinary lens.
Study finds unexpected long-range particle interactions
Spinning cells could attract each other across surprisingly long distances.
Research sheds light on delicate forest biodiversity
Quantitative study of Poland's Bialowieza Forest highlights processes shaping species coexistence and potential impacts of deforestation.