Diagnosis by keyboard
By revealing loss of motor skills, typing patterns may help to identify early onset of Parkinson’s.
Crowdsourced tool for depression
Peer-to-peer application outperforms conventional self-help technique for easing depression, anxiety.
Measuring health care
Amy Finkelstein spotted an opportunity to bring the gold standard in scientific research to one of the most pressing questions of the day.
Temple Grandin: Look at what people can do, not what they can’t
In talks at MIT, noted behavioral expert suggests encouraging skills of people with autism.
MIT Admissions gets a healthy makeover
Admissions Office forms a cross-departmental wellness program to help employees weather long workdays.
Center for Environmental Health Sciences announces 2015 call for pilot project proposals
Proposals are invited for basic and translational environmental health sciences research.
Q&A: Seth Mnookin on vaccination and public health
"It's far easier to scare people than it is to reassure them," MIT researcher and author says.
Engineered insulin could offer better diabetes control
Molecule stays in the bloodstream and is turned on when blood sugar levels are too high.
3 Questions: Pierre Azoulay on the value of funding the NIH
New study shows publicly funded research spurs private drug development.
New source of cells for modeling malaria
Liver cells derived from stem cells can be infected with malaria and used to test potential drugs.
MIT Water Summit brings experts together to discuss global water challenges
More than 200 people attend second annual summit organized by the MIT Water Club.
Ioannis Yannas to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
MIT professor of polymer science and engineering recognized for inventing "artificial skin."
Langer wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Award honors one engineer’s global impact on human health.
3 Questions: Lydia Bourouiba on Ebola virus transmission
Research on disease transmission through aerosol droplets raises questions about Ebola’s spread.
Study details a link between inflammation and cancer
Timing of inflammation determines whether potentially cancerous mutations may arise.