Getting to the root of genetics
Manolis Kellis uses computational techniques to decipher human disease.
MIT Lean Advancement Initiative awarded $8 million for post-traumatic stress innovations project
To develop innovative recommendations for transforming the military psychological health care system related to PTSD.
MIT establishes Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)
$1.5M grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will launch CAST.
Slideshow: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visits MIT
Brazil and MIT discuss possible future collaboration.
School of Engineering to explore collaboration with ITA
Six-month evaluation will examine the feasibility of a collaboration.
Nano-sized ‘factories’ churn out proteins
Tiny particles could manufacture cancer drugs at tumor sites.
Study shows unified process of evolution in bacteria and sexual eukaryotes
A single gene mutation can sweep through a population, opening the door for the concept of ‘species’ in bacteria.
Using new technology to measure nitrogen in coastal surface waters
MIT Sea Grant-funded researcher, Matt Charette, is addressing the degradation of coastal waters in New England.
All in a day’s work: Design and print your own robot
MIT project, funded with $10 million NSF grant, could transform robotic design and production
Seeing the music in nature
From spider webs to tangled proteins, Markus Buehler finds the connections between mathematics, molecules and materials.
Self-sculpting sand
New algorithms could enable heaps of ‘smart sand’ that can assume any shape, allowing spontaneous formation of new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts.
