Professor Emeritus Arnold Demain, a pioneer in the development of antibiotics, dies at 92
An eminent microbiologist, Demain conducted groundbreaking antibiotics research and mentored hundreds of young scientists.
An eminent microbiologist, Demain conducted groundbreaking antibiotics research and mentored hundreds of young scientists.
Materials scientist explores why some household cleaners could harm the protective coating on a smartphone screen.
A new approach reveals how different tissues contribute to inflammatory diseases such as ulcerative colitis.
A variety of MIT research projects could aid efforts to detect and prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard microscopes to visualize difficult-to-image biological organisms.
A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Study finds microbes can alter an environment dramatically before dying out.
Research underscores infection is not a common hospital transmission.
A caring mentor and staunch political activist, Fox cared deeply about his students, the department, and the scientific enterprise.
MIT sophomore Rachel Shen looks for microscopic solutions to big environmental challenges.
Deborah Hung shares research strategies to combat tuberculosis as part of the Department of Biology's IAP seminar series on microbes in health and disease.
Voigt Lab's work could eventually replace cereal crops’ need for nitrogen from chemical fertilizers.
Biologists devise an efficient method to prepare fluorescently tagged proteins and simulate their native environment.
Scientists reveal the genes and proteins controlling the chemical structures underpinning paleoclimate proxies.
EAPS scientists find an alternative explanation for mineral evidence thought to signal the presence of oxygen prior to the Great Oxidation Event.