Dental scanner allows researcher to sink his teeth into entrepreneurship
Novel 3-D oral scanner, developed by MIT professor Douglas Hart and then sold to 3M, is helping dentists go digital.
Solving the mysteries of regeneration
Biologist Peter Reddien seeks to understand planarians’ famous ability to grow new body parts.
A worm’s-eye view of immunity
Biology professor Dennis Kim seeks to understand the physiology and evolution of host-microbe interactions by studying a simple worm.
Professor emeritus Rodney Brooks refines the sequel to iRobot
Rodney Brooks’ startup, Rethink Robotics, is producing robots that can adapt to manufacturing tasks and the factory environment.
From theory to practice
PhD student Kuang Xu has found a way to apply predictive modeling to improve emergency-room wait times.
The brains behind research on the brain
Mehmet Fatih Yanik develops tools to answer some of the central questions in neuroscience.
Linguistic puzzler
Graduate student Rafael Nonato travels to the fringes of the Amazon rainforest to explore the Brazilian native language of the Kĩsêdjê.
Unraveling bacterial behavior
Michael Laub studies the complex interactions that underlie cells’ responses to their environment.
Switching stances
MIT graduate student Alexis Sablone balances an athletic career and coursework in architecture.
High potential
Tomás Palacios investigates use of ‘extreme materials’ in electronics, which could reduce energy consumption and make computers far faster.
On the hunt for neutrinos
Physicist Joseph Formaggio seeks new ways to detect and measure the elusive particles.
Holding the salt
MIT graduate student David Cohen-Tanugi works to improve water filtration, desalination.
Opening Dropbox
MIT alumnus Drew Houston took Dropbox from conception to a multibillion-dollar business.
Starting up — again and again
MBA student Danny Castonguay finds a thrill in starting new companies.