Mending a broken heart Laurie Boyer’s work might one day lead to cures for heart defects and disease. August 3, 2015 Read full story →
An ally for the understudied Y chromosome Graduate student Alexander Godfrey tackles a chromosome that half the world has — yet few understand. August 3, 2015 Read full story →
Identifying a key growth factor in cell proliferation Researchers discover that aspartate is a limiter of cell proliferation. July 30, 2015 Read full story →
Anicka Yi's olfactory art Working with materials from bacteria to honey, visiting artist Anicka Yi creates unique sensory installations. July 28, 2015 Read full story →
Consortium including MIT awarded $110M national grant to promote photonics manufacturing Partnership of government, industry, and academia will pursue integration of optical devices with electronics. July 27, 2015 Read full story →
Public Service Center Fellowships program turns 25 For a quarter-century, public service fellowships have inspired MIT students to work with community partners for the betterment of humankind. July 24, 2015 Read full story →
Spit take A newly discovered feeding behavior in worms could shed light on human heart function. July 23, 2015 Read full story →
3 Questions: Michel DeGraff on Haiti’s new policy for teaching in Kreyòl MIT scholar, and advocate of native-language instruction, backs linguistic change. July 20, 2015 Read full story →
Paula Hammond named head of Department of Chemical Engineering An MIT faculty member since 1995, Hammond succeeds Klavs Jensen as ChemE department head. July 13, 2015 Read full story →
Boosting biofuel production New MIT research finds supplements help yeast survive. July 10, 2015 Read full story →
Researchers develop basic computing elements for bacteria Sensors, memory switches, and circuits can be encoded in a common gut bacterium. July 9, 2015 Read full story →
J-WAFS awards $1.8 million in first round of seed-grant funding Nine grants of $200,000 for two years have been awarded to researchers from 11 MIT departments. July 8, 2015 Read full story →
Chemists design a quantum-dot spectrometer New instrument is small enough to function within a smartphone, enabling portable light analysis. July 1, 2015 Read full story →
Chisholm, Rivest, and Thompson appointed as new Institute Professors Biologist, computer scientist, and musician awarded MIT’s highest faculty honor. June 29, 2015 Read full story →