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Ioannis Yannas to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame

MIT professor of polymer science and engineering recognized for inventing "artificial skin."

February 3, 2015

Langer wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Award honors one engineer’s global impact on human health.

February 3, 2015

New faculty in engineering

Twelve new faces join six academic departments in the School of Engineering.

February 2, 2015

Jay Scheib named new housemaster for Senior House

Committee recommends music and theater arts professor for MIT’s oldest residential community.

January 30, 2015

This image shows where the GUR-3 protein is expressed in the worm, which includes the I2 neurons.

Tasting light

Newly discovered taste receptors for hydrogen peroxide allow worms to indirectly detect light.

January 29, 2015

Biology, driven by data

Newly tenured biological engineer Ernest Fraenkel goes where the numbers lead.

January 27, 2015

Peter Reddien (pictured) believes human stem cells could one day be regulated to replace aged, damaged, and missing tissues.

From fiction to science

Peter Reddien believes human stem cells could one day be regulated to replace aged, damaged, and missing tissues.

January 26, 2015

Intrepid projects backed by Bose Grants

Five researchers embark on high-risk ventures, supported by Prof. Amar G. Bose Research Grants.

January 26, 2015

Illustrations depict the collagen fibrils, with their triple-helix structure, surrounded by water molecules. The three different chains of the triple helix are depicted in different colors. Water molecules are shown in red and gray.

New analysis explains collagen’s force

Experiments and simulations show that adding or removing water makes the material push and pull.

January 22, 2015

Telling stories using computer science

Senior Shannon Kao’s knack for storytelling informs her research in computer graphics.

January 22, 2015

Meet the 2015 MIT Siebel Scholars

Graduate students in computer science, bioengineering, and business honored.

January 21, 2015

Daniel Kang wins Churchill Scholarship

Senior is the 12th MIT student to win the honor, will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge.

January 20, 2015

In this pancreatic tissue sample, bright spots represent cells that have undergone a specific genetic alteration.

Study details a link between inflammation and cancer

Timing of inflammation determines whether potentially cancerous mutations may arise.

January 15, 2015

Using a new technique that allows them to enlarge brain tissue, MIT scientists created these images of neurons in the hippocampus.

MIT team enlarges brain samples, making them easier to image

New technique enables nanoscale-resolution microscopy of large biological specimens.