QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2022-23 Earning the top spot for the 11th straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas. June 8, 2022 Read full story →
Collin Stultz named co-director and MIT lead of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology MIT professor will leverage his research into machine learning and computer science, as well as his role as a practicing cardiologist, toward educating clinician-scientists and engineers. June 7, 2022 Read full story →
Molecules found in mucus can thwart fungal infection Harnessing the strength of these specialized sugar molecules could help researchers develop new antifungal drugs. June 6, 2022 Read full story →
The physics of gut and brain health Chih-Wei Joshua Liu ’22 is an aspiring physician-physicist working to unlock the secrets of thermodynamics in biology and medicine. June 3, 2022 Read full story →
Engineers develop nanoparticles that cross the blood-brain barrier Tested using a new brain tissue model, the particles may be able to deliver chemotherapy drugs for glioblastoma. June 1, 2022 Read full story →
Convenience-sized RNA editing MIT neuroscientists expand CRISPR toolkit with new, compact Cas7-11 enzyme. May 31, 2022 Read full story →
MIT engineers boost signals from fluorescent sensors The advance allows the particles to be placed deeper within biological tissue, which could aid with cancer diagnosis or monitoring. May 30, 2022 Read full story →
Linguistics luminaries Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle honored A Stata Center wing and celebratory event mark their achievements and the next generation of linguistics research at MIT. May 27, 2022 Read full story →
Early sound exposure in the womb shapes the auditory system Modeling study suggests that the muffled environment in utero primes the brain’s ability to interpret some types of sound. May 25, 2022 Read full story →
New research center focused on brain-body relationship established at MIT K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center to investigate the brain’s complex relationship with other body systems. May 25, 2022 Read full story →
Toward customizable timber, grown in a lab Researchers show they can control the properties of lab-grown plant material, which could enable the production of wood products with little waste. May 25, 2022 Read full story →
Emery Brown wins a share of 2022 Gruber Neuroscience Prize Brown and three other scientists recognized for advancing statistical, theoretical analyses of neuroscience data. May 24, 2022 Read full story →
President Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson of Iceland visits MIT Delegation meets campus leaders, with an eye toward AI applications and the Icelandic language. May 24, 2022 Read full story →
A voice for change — in Spanish Postbac Jessica Chomik-Morales hopes to inspire the next generation of Spanish-speaking scientists with her podcast, “Mi Ultima Neurona.” May 24, 2022 Read full story →
MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium announces recipients of inaugural MCSC Seed Awards Twenty winning projects will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions. May 23, 2022 Read full story →