Evaluating strategies for HIV vaccination
Study yields insight into generating antibodies that target different strains of HIV.
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Diamonds could help bring proteins into focus
New technique could use tiny diamond defects to reveal unprecedented detail of molecular structures.
MLK Luncheon speakers call for more action
Annual gathering reflects frustration over racial profiling, calls for more involvement by MIT community.
New source of cells for modeling malaria
Liver cells derived from stem cells can be infected with malaria and used to test potential drugs.
Ioannis Yannas to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
MIT professor of polymer science and engineering recognized for inventing "artificial skin."
Langer wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Award honors one engineer’s global impact on human health.
New faculty in engineering
Twelve new faces join six academic departments in the School of Engineering.
Jay Scheib named new housemaster for Senior House
Committee recommends music and theater arts professor for MIT’s oldest residential community.
Tasting light
Newly discovered taste receptors for hydrogen peroxide allow worms to indirectly detect light.
Biology, driven by data
Newly tenured biological engineer Ernest Fraenkel goes where the numbers lead.
From fiction to science
Peter Reddien believes human stem cells could one day be regulated to replace aged, damaged, and missing tissues.
Intrepid projects backed by Bose Grants
Five researchers embark on high-risk ventures, supported by Prof. Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
New analysis explains collagen’s force
Experiments and simulations show that adding or removing water makes the material push and pull.
Telling stories using computer science
Senior Shannon Kao’s knack for storytelling informs her research in computer graphics.