Engineered bacteria could help protect “good” gut microbes from antibiotics
Microbes that safely break down antibiotics could prevent opportunistic infections and reduce antibiotic resistance.
MIT announces five flagship projects in first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition
The portfolio of multiyear projects focuses on delivering breakthrough solutions.
New tool reveals how immune cells find their targets
MIT biological engineers have developed a simple way to identify B or T cells that interact with viral or bacterial proteins.
SeXX and Immunity event raises crucial questions for society
Why has it taken the scientific community so long to include sex as a biological variable in research and analysis as a matter of course?
MIT graduate engineering, business, science programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2022-23
Graduate engineering, economics, and various science programs are No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5.
Setting carbon management in stone
When it comes to carbon storage, some MIT scientists think the best solution is to find the fastest way to turn carbon into rock.
Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions
Faculty leaders describe their efforts to develop potentially game-changing tools.
From bench to biotech
Life sciences class brings biotech industry experience into the classroom with part-time internships for graduate students.
New MRI probe can reveal more of the brain’s inner workings
Tracing connections between neuron populations could help researchers map brain circuits that underlie behavior and perception.
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty
Seventeen new professors join the MIT community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture.
Study sheds light on antibiotics-associated diarrhea
SMART researchers find explanation for why some patients might experience diarrhea after taking amoxicillin-clavulanate.
Probing how proteins pair up inside cells
MIT biologists drilled down into how proteins recognize and bind to one another, informing drug treatments for cancer.
2021-22 Takeda Fellows: Leaning on AI to advance medicine for humans
New fellows are working on electronic health record algorithms, remote sensing data related to environmental health, and neural networks for the development of antibiotics.
How Omicron escapes from antibodies
A computational study shows that dozens of mutations help the virus’ spike protein evade antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2.
MIT School of Engineering unveils the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Distinguished Speaker Series
Gilda Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering and professor of biomedical and chemical engineering, inaugurates the new series.