Chemical engineering

The figures show melanin production by Escherichia coli expressing a heterologous tyrosinase enzyme.Â Figure A is production with supplementation of the substrate (tyrosine) and Figure B is with endogenous production of the substrate (tyrosine) by 5 different engineered strains.

Enlisting microbes to solve global problems

Researchers harness bacteria to produce energy, clean up environment

February 17, 2009

RNA interference can suppress ovarian tumor growth

Study offers promise for new cancer treatments

February 9, 2009

Surprising find could lead to better manufacturing options for cancer-fighting antibodies

December 22, 2008

This image shows the cell before hydrogen peroxide is added.

Nanotubes sniff out cancer agents in living cells

Chemical engineers use carbon nanotubes to monitor chemotherapy, detect toxins at the single-molecule level

December 14, 2008

Financial crisis could slow energy research

November 14, 2008

MIT researchers have developed a technique to attach tiny polymer "backpacks" to cells. This immune system cells, a B lymphocyte sports one. The scale bar is 10 micrometers.

Tiny backpacks for cells

Polymer patches could ferry drugs, assist in cancer diagnosis

November 6, 2008

J. Christopher Love, Craig Story, Chih-Chi Andrew Hu and Eliseo Papa designed and tested a system that "prints" the antibodies created by immune cells onto a glass slide, below, coated with capture antibodies, producing protein microarrays.

Immunity, from the cell's point of view

Chemical engineers study immune cells in unprecedented detail

November 3, 2008

Awards and honors: Oct. 22, 2008

October 22, 2008

From left are NAE members Subra Suresh, MIT dean of engineering; Irwin Jacobs '57 M.S., '59 Sc.D.; and professors Robert Armstrong and Arvind. Armstrong and Arvind were elected members in 2008.

National Academy of Engineering welcomes two from MIT

October 6, 2008

From left, MIT professors Yet-Ming Chiang, Angela Belcher and Paula Hammond. The three have authored a paper detailing their virus-based method of creating and installing microbatteries by stamping them onto a variety of surfaces.

MIT engineers work toward cell-sized batteries

Microbatteries could power tomorrow's miniature devices

August 20, 2008

Daniel G. Nocera, the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT, has developed a simple method to split water molecules and produce oxygen gas, a discovery that paves the way for large-scale use of solar power.

'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution

Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system

July 31, 2008

Jack Howard, chemical engineering professor emeritus, 70

July 8, 2008

Dr. Joseph DeSimone of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the 2008 recipient of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his inventions in green manufacturing, nanomedicine and medical devices, in addition to his lab-to-market entrepreneurship and commitment to mentorship. Here, polymer expert DeSimone holds a drum of his PRINT molds, which can manufacture highly customizable and contro...

Polymer expert DeSimone wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

June 25, 2008

MIT researchers are designing sensors that use carbon nanotubes, shown here in middle and at top, to detect hazardous gases.

Super-sensitive and small: New MIT detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases

June 5, 2008

Langer a winner of Spain's Asturias award