Chemistry

MacVicar Day panelists: (l-r) Janet Rankin, Martin Culpepper, Robert Miller, Catherine Drennan, David Darmofal, and Michael Cuthbert.

Evidence-based teaching is alive and well at MIT

MacVicar Day symposium features a sampling of innovative pedagogical practices and lessons learned.

April 1, 2016

This device built by MIT researchers can be reconfigured to manufacture several different types of pharmaceuticals.

Pharmacy on demand

New, portable system can be configured to produce different drugs.

March 31, 2016

School of Science honors staff with 2016 Infinite Mile Awards

March 28, 2016

MIT's Killian Court, with Great Dome in the background

Eleven MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships

Faculty from eight MIT science and engineering departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.

February 23, 2016

Professor Robert Griffin, head of the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory

Robert Griffin receives the ACS E. Bright Wilson Award

Professor of chemistry and head of the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory honored for his pioneering contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

February 19, 2016

Reuben Saunders named 2016-2017 Churchill Scholar

MIT senior and chemistry major will pursue graduate studies in the U.K.

February 11, 2016

“We can, through engineering, convert this organism’s parasitic lifestyle into a more symbiotic relationship,” Jacquin Niles says about the malaria parasite.

Engineering foe into friend

Bose Grant awardee Jacquin Niles aims to repurpose the malaria parasite for drug delivery.

January 22, 2016

The regulation of the enzyme ribonucleotide reductase allows for just the right levels of deoxynucleotides, the building blocks of DNA, to be produced in the cell.

Supply chain

Chemists discover how a single enzyme maintains a cell’s pool of DNA building blocks.

January 12, 2016

School of Science honors research staff with 2016 Infinite Kilometer Awards

January 4, 2016

Researchers have discovered how some organisms can safely process oxalate, which is found in many fruits and vegetables. This discovery could lead to new ways to lessen the harmful effects that can occur when oxalate builds up in humans, who cannot metabolize this molecule.

A healthy breakdown

Researchers discover how some organisms process oxalate, a molecule that can harm humans.

December 28, 2015

Clockwise from top left: B. Gloria Choi, Christopher Cummins, James DiCarlo, Mehrdad Jazayeri, Jonathan Kelner, and Jared Speck

The School of Science appoints six faculty to named professorships

December 28, 2015

MIT chemists calculated the energy required for a molecule of acetylene in the U-shaped conformation to reach the transition state. Once that state is reached, the reaction proceeds to completion and acetylene takes on a zig-zag conformation.

MIT chemists characterize a chemical state thought to be unobservable

Researchers determine the energy and map the structure of a chemical reaction’s transition state.

December 10, 2015

“There’s no way we can solve anything if we’re not actually speaking to each other,” says senior Alyssa Napier, a chemistry major and linguistics minor.

Senior Alyssa Napier dedicates herself to improving MIT

Chemistry major works to address social justice issues.

December 1, 2015

Alan Davison, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies at 79

Longtime MIT professor was a "serial innovator" whose inventions included Cardiolite, an important tool in clinical nuclear cardiology.

November 17, 2015

MIT chemists have created a new type of gel by linking metal organic cages with long polymer strands (blue). The red polymer strands, which loop back to the cages, can be used to further customize the gels by adding other molecules.

Chemists create adaptable metallic-cage gels

New materials could be tuned for applications including drug delivery and water filtration.