Chemistry

Institute Professor John Deutch and wife Patricia were surrounded by wellwishers at a symposium in honor of John's 70th birthday.Family, MIT colleagues, and friends like Harold Brown and Brent Scowcroft from his years in public service were all in attendance.

A life of research and service

Symposium marks Deutch's leadership in teaching, administration and government

April 17, 2009

John Deutch to be honored

Institute Professor feted for 40 years of service

April 13, 2009

It's a fine line

New method could lead to narrower chip patterns

April 9, 2009

Senior Angie Chiang, foreground, and junior Taylor Williamson write notes on the chemistry they have learned by making "Death by Chocolate" cookies in Patti Christie's Kitchen Chemistry course, offered in the ESG kitchen.

Cooking up a new approach to chemistry

February 20, 2009

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

Chemistry graduate student Weerawat Runguphan, left, Sarah E. O'Connor, Latham Family Career Development Associate Professor of Chemistry, rear, and chemistry graduate student Peter Bernhardt, right, in lab where they genetically engineered periwinkle plant cells.

Chemists engineer plants to produce new compounds

Periwinkle plant cells could synthesize potential drugs

January 18, 2009

A new class of catalysts

November 16, 2008

Three faculty win '08 NIH Pioneer Awards

September 22, 2008

On Capitol Hill, Deutch stresses all-out energy approach

Calls for carbon tax, efficiency improvements, and new agencies

September 12, 2008

Amid food price spike, Nobel laureate eyes fertilizer

MIT chemist Schrock seeks to streamline production

August 13, 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

New probe may help untangle cells' signaling pathways

June 27, 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

Chemistry professor Jonas Peters, Dan Nocera, Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy, and Chris Cummins survey Nocera's piece of their solar energy work on artificial photosynthesis in Nocera's lab.

Harnessing solar energy like plants do

MIT chemists see near-term promise in mimicking photosynthesis

June 20, 2008

MIT researchers see alternative to common colorectal cancer drug

June 17, 2008

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