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3 Questions: Moya Bailey on the intersection of racism and sexism

MLK Visiting Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies and scholar of critical race, feminist, and disability studies discusses misogynoir, social media, and her work at MIT this year.

January 11, 2021

3 Questions: Phillip Sharp on the discoveries that enabled mRNA vaccines for Covid-19

Curiosity-driven basic science in the 1970s laid the groundwork for today’s leading vaccines against the novel coronavirus.

December 11, 2020

Composite image of three people in a videoconferencing call, and a world map overlaid with an illustration of a coronavirus.

Covid-19 scientific leaders share expertise in new MIT class

MIT course on the Covid-19 pandemic, available to the public online, brings together top experts to educate students on up-to-date science.

September 10, 2020

A fall semester welcome to undergraduates

“We will find great meaning and satisfaction in having endured this historic test together,” President Reif told new and returning students.

September 1, 2020

“Traditional drug development processes are very linear, and they take many years,” says MIT Professor Ram Sasisekharan, pictured here. “If you’re going to get something to humans fast, you can’t do it linearly, because then the best-case scenario for testing in humans is a year to 18 months. If you need to develop a drug in six months or less, then a lot of these things need to happen i...

Rapid antibody development yields possible treatment for yellow fever

The experimental drug has shown promise in early-stage clinical trials conducted in Singapore.

July 29, 2020

Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed a new silicone rubber face mask that they believe could stop viral particles as effectively as N95 masks. Unlike N95 masks, the new masks can be easily sterilized and used many times.

Engineers design a reusable, silicone rubber face mask

The prototype mask, which includes an N95 filter, can be easily sterilized and worn many times.

July 9, 2020

MIT Lincoln Laboratory staff are looking for vocal biomarkers of Covid-19 by analyzing speech signals of asymptomatic people.

Signs of Covid-19 may be hidden in speech signals

Processing vocal recordings of infected but asymptomatic people reveals potential indicators of Covid-19.

July 8, 2020

By folding DNA into a virus-like structure, MIT researchers have designed HIV-like particles that provoke a strong immune response from human immune cells grown in a lab dish.

Engineers use “DNA origami” to identify vaccine design rules

In lab tests, virus-like DNA structures coated with viral proteins provoke a strong immune response in human B cells.

June 29, 2020

Lincoln Laboratory staff estimated demand for personal protective equipment in Massachusetts.

Steady demand for PPE might encourage local businesses to start production

Lincoln Laboratory study estimates daily demand in the millions for masks and gloves over the next 18 months in Massachusetts.

June 16, 2020

Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades, according to research from MIT professor Andrew Lo, shown speaking at the 2018 launch of the MIT Quest for Intelligence.

How often do vaccine trials hit paydirt?

Study: Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades.

May 27, 2020

White blood cells are among the first to mount an attack against sepsis, a deadly complication of Covid-19. In a project led by MIT Professor Daniela Rus, researchers are developing a machine learning system to detect an activated immune response to sepsis which could lead to earlier, more aggressive treatment. Here, a white blood cell attacks malaria.

Marshaling artificial intelligence in the fight against Covid-19

The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is funding 10 research projects aimed at addressing the health and economic consequences of the pandemic.

May 19, 2020

Postdoc Izabella Pena creates videos in Portuguese about SARS-CoV-2 to combat misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic.

Myth-busting on YouTube

Postdoc Izabella Pena uses social media to combat the infodemic about the Covid-19 pandemic.

May 3, 2020

From developing vaccines to helping governments keep communities informed, a number of companies with MIT ties are working to address problems brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

MIT-affiliated companies take on Covid-19

A variety of companies with MIT ties are working to address aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

March 26, 2020

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient, emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab.

Covid-19 diagnostic based on MIT technology might be tested on patient samples soon

A variety of MIT research projects could aid efforts to detect and prevent the spread of coronavirus.

March 12, 2020

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