Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes Engineers computer-design the most complicated 3-D structures ever made from DNA. December 3, 2014 Read full story →
MIT takes new approach with STEM concept videos Real-life examples are relevant to MIT students and students around the world. December 1, 2014 Read full story →
Transient contacts Ibrahim Cissé is unraveling the mystery of DNA transcription, one molecule at a time. December 1, 2014 Read full story →
Seeking answers from a mysterious parasite Newly tenured biologist Jeroen Saeij wants to know what makes Toxoplasma gondii so unpredictable. December 1, 2014 Read full story →
New device could make large biological circuits practical Innovation from MIT could allow many biological components to be connected to produce predictable effects. November 24, 2014 Read full story →
Two MIT seniors and an alumnus named Rhodes Scholars Elliot Akama-Garren ’15, Anisha Gururaj ’15, and Noam Angrist ’13 are among 32 winners nationwide. November 23, 2014 Read full story →
Chris Bourg named director of MIT Libraries Longtime libraries administrator at Stanford tapped to lead MIT’s libraries and the MIT Press. November 21, 2014 Read full story →
MIT Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative launches Inaugural event, “Examining Ebola,” probes the current global public health emergency from multiple disciplinary perspectives. November 19, 2014 Read full story →
Hacking health care PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design. November 19, 2014 Read full story →
Bose grants reward risk Five innovative, high-risk projects launch with support from Prof. Amar G. Bose Research Grants. November 17, 2014 Read full story →
Bacteria become “genomic tape recorders” Engineered E. coli can store long-term memories of chemical exposure, other events in their DNA. November 13, 2014 Read full story →
Herman Eisen, professor emeritus of biology, dies at 96 Eisen was a pioneering immunologist and longstanding member of MIT’s cancer research community. November 13, 2014 Read full story →
MIT researchers to receive awards from the Society for Neuroscience Three neuroscientists at MIT have been selected to receive awards from the Society for Neuroscience. November 10, 2014 Read full story →
Striking the cord: Optical control of motor functions Grad student Chi Lu and colleagues demonstrate a highly flexible polymer probe for triggering spinal-cord neurons with light and simultaneously recording their activity. November 7, 2014 Read full story →
Mind and hand and world Photo contest promoted global education at MIT. November 6, 2014 Read full story →