Hacking apparel becomes lucrative business for alumni
Clothing tinkerers innovate fashion with science-based performance dresswear and 3-D knitting.
Deploying therapeutic payloads to cells
Mark Bathe develops molecular packages for targeted delivery of drugs, vaccines, and gene-editing tools.
A noninvasive method for deep brain stimulation
Electrodes placed on the scalp could help patients with brain diseases.
Bacteria with multicolor vision
Red, green, and blue light can be used to control gene expression in engineered E. coli.
Speeding up quality control for biologics
Nanofluidic device enables rapid testing of protein drugs produced by living cells.
Dean Kamen: “The magic is out there!”
Noted inventors Kamen and Flowers urge students to unleash their imagination on world’s problems.
J-WAFS awards $1.4 million in third round of seed grant funding
Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $200,000 per year for two years, overhead free, for innovative research on food and water challenges.
Three MIT alumni win 2017 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Fellowship funds graduate school studies for exceptional immigrants and children of immigrants.
High-resolution imaging with conventional microscopes
Tissue-expansion technique could allow scientists to map brain circuits.
Scientists unveil CRISPR-based diagnostic platform
New system adapts tool known for gene editing; to be used in rapid, inexpensive disease diagnosis.
Eleven from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2017
Prestigious honor society announces 228 new members this year.
Nanoparticles open new window for biological imaging
“Quantum dots” that emit infrared light enable highly detailed images of internal body structures.
Detecting mutations could lead to earlier liver cancer diagnosis
New technique can reveal exposure to aflatoxin, a potent carcinogen, before tumors develop.
Tracking the spread of bird flu
Asian flu strains can enter North America through Alaska, study finds.