Bioengineering and biotechnology

MIT graduate student Shawna Liff works with a nanocomposite material she helped develop. The material, composed of nanoparticles embedded in a rubbery polymer, mimics the strength and stretchiness qualities of spider silk.

Nanocomposite research yields strong and stretchy fibers

Lycra-like materials were inspired by spider silk

January 18, 2007

Hynes named scientific governor of U.K. charity

January 12, 2007

A team of scientists led by MIT professor David Bartel has discovered a new class of RNA molecules, termed 21U-RNAs, while studying the C. elegans worm, above.

Scientists discover new class of RNA

January 11, 2007

Biophysicist Alexander Rich first mixed two differing strands of RNA in 1956 to discover the RNA double helix. He holds a model of tRNA (transfer ribonucleic acid).

Scientists celebrate 50 years since key RNA discovery

MIT biophysicist recalls biotech's founding technology

January 9, 2007

Micro-RNA research proves Rich's 1961 'suggestion'

January 9, 2007

MIT creates 3D scaffold for growing stem cells

December 27, 2006

Memory experts show sleeping rats may have visual dreams

December 18, 2006

MIT Museum curator of science and technology Deborah Douglas examines a simple microscope from the exhibit, 'Singular Beauty,' with the owner of the collection, Raymond V. Giordano.

Museum displays 'Singular Beauty' of microscopes

Tiny instruments, invented in 1600s, are still used in research

December 13, 2006

Sarah Volkman, left, Dyann Wirth, center, and Pardis Sabeti, right, developed the new genetic map for malaria research.

Genetic map offers new tool for malaria research

Parasite's DNA has nearly 47,000 genetic variations worldwide; kills every 30 seconds

December 11, 2006

Susan Lindquist called in colleagues to see if her findings in yeast would hold up in animals with neurons and brains.

Parkinson's disease process may be curtailed by regenerative processes in yeast, fruit flies

Whitehead researcher leads multi-institutional team

December 11, 2006

Austrian honor for Zhang

December 8, 2006

MIT professor of chemical engineering Gregory Stephanopoulos (left), postdoctoral associate Hal Alper and professor of biology Gerald Fink in the lab. The researchers have engineered a new strain of yeast that can produce ethanol more rapidly and efficiently.

Engineered yeast improves ethanol production

December 7, 2006

Sequencing the genome of the guinea pig can help researchers find important biological functions within the human genome.

Broad wins $200M for genomics research

December 6, 2006

Center for Cancer Research receives $6 million to study tumor cell 'microenvironment'

December 1, 2006

Professors Alexander Klibanov, left, Jianzhu Chen and MIT researcher Jayanta Haldar discuss the 'antimicrobial paint' they have developed.

MIT's anti-microbial 'paint' kills flu, bacteria

Coating's polymers poke holes in the membranes that surround influenza viruses

November 30, 2006

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