Nanoparticles get a magnetic handle
New method produces particles that can glow with color-coded light and be manipulated with magnets.
Faculty highlight: Michael Rubner
Materials scientist Mike Rubner’s collaboration with chemical engineer Robert Cohen yields anti-fog coatings, synthetic "backpacks" for living cells.
Chemists recruit anthrax to deliver cancer drugs
With some tinkering, a deadly protein becomes an efficient carrier for antibody drugs.
Five professors join the School of Science this fall
New faculty members will join the departments of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
Schrock honored with Paracelsus Prize
Award given to outstanding scientists for their lifetime achievement in chemical research.
School of Science announces winners of Teaching Prizes for Graduate and Undergraduate Education
Rick Danheiser and Bjorn Poonen are lauded for their outstanding teaching.
John Waugh, Institute Professor emeritus, dies at 85
Chemist pioneered development of NMR spectroscopy, allowing study of molecular structures of solids.
Smarter sensing
PhD student Joseph Azzarelli works on low-cost sensors to monitor the environment and save money.
Improving a new breed of solar cells
Quantum-dot photovoltaics set new record for efficiency in such devices, could unlock new uses.
Why eumelanin is such a good absorber of light
Researchers uncover secret of a ubiquitous pigment’s ability to absorb a broad spectrum of light.
Mastering chemical recipes to make new materials
Mircea Dincă creates next-generation synthetic materials for next-generation energy technologies, electronics, and chemical products.
Suntharalingam receives 2014 Dalton Young Researchers Award
Selected for contributions to the design and development of new metallo-pharmaceuticals and to the understanding of their complex mechanisms of action.
MIT announces new initiative on environment
Multidisciplinary program, to be led by Susan Solomon, will encourage collaborations among researchers in different fields.
Getting more electricity out of solar cells
New MIT model can guide design of solar cells that produce less waste heat, more useful current.