Direct delivery
Cancer scientists believe nanoparticles could accurately target tumors, avoiding side effects.
Love named one of Popular Science magazine’s 'Brilliant 10'
Assistant professor honored for immunology work.
New nanoparticles could improve cancer treatment
Particles can deliver a combination of chemotherapy drugs directly to prostate-cancer cells.
Langer to receive National Academy of Engineering award
Institute Professor cited for inventions, development
Getting bacteria to do a plant’s job
Researchers engineer microbes for low-cost production of precursor of anticancer drug Taxol and other pharmaceuticals.
Frank talk on U.S. energy innovation
MIT alumnus Steven E. Koonin, DoE under secretary for science, says economics, not technology, is the driver.
Putting carbon dioxide to good use
MIT biological engineers have found a way to convert carbon-dioxide emissions to useful building materials, using genetically altered yeast.
Squeezing more production out of bacteria
MIT chemical engineers demonstrate a new way to dramatically boost bacteria’s manufacturing abilities.
Solar funnel
New antenna made of carbon nanotubes could make photovoltaic cells more efficient by concentrating solar energy.
Pushing ions through carbon nanotubes
The tiny, multitalented carbon tubes can carry single molecules, one at a time.
Solar cell, heal thyself
New self-assembling photovoltaic technology can keep repairing itself to avoid any loss in performance.
A better way to grow stem cells
New synthetic surfaces overcome challenges posed by existing methods for cultivating stem cells.
15 MIT students awarded DOE-funded Science Graduate Fellowships
Among 150 students nationwide awarded fellowships in program's first year
Postdoctoral associate wins cancer fellowship
Heller, of chemical engineering, named among 18 fellows
Emeritus: Engineering a new path
MIT chemical engineer Edward Merrill helped steer his field toward biomedicine.