Turning bacteria into chemical factories
Kristala Jones Prather engineers cells to produce useful compounds such as drugs and biofuels.
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New implantable sensor paves way to long-term monitoring
Carbon nanotubes that detect nitric oxide can be implanted under the skin for more than a year.
A new way to monitor induced comas
Automated system could offer better control of patients’ brain states.
Resistance is futile
Chemists develop new way to kill cancer cells resistant to the chemotherapy drug cisplatin.
Military medicine
Senior Laura Lu’s years at MIT have included cancer research, ROTC leadership, and prosthesis trials — and she aims to put her talents to use one day as a Navy surgeon.
Reif announces plans to launch an MIT Innovation Initiative
President asks 19-member panel, led by professors Fiona Murray and Vladimir Bulović, to deliver recommendations on next steps by Jan. 31.
Separating the good from the bad in bacteria
New microfluidic technique quickly distinguishes bacteria within the same strain; could improve monitoring of cystic fibrosis and other diseases.
Schizophrenia linked to abnormal brain waves
Neuroscientists discover neurological hyperactivity that produces disordered thinking.
New role for ‘hunger hormone’
MIT study finds that ghrelin, produced during stressful situations, primes the brain for post-traumatic stress disorder.
New space opens for MIT’s youngest attendees
David H. Koch Childcare Center nearly doubles campus capacity for preschool children.
MIT dedicates new Koch Childcare Center
Facility doubles MIT's capacity to support researchers and their families.
CEE announces new leadership appointments
Elfatih Eltahir is associate department head, Philip Gschwend is director of Parsons Lab and Daniele Veneziano leads Pierce Lab
New kind of microscope uses neutrons
Device could open up new areas of research on materials and biological samples at tiny scales.