The power of ‘convergence’
In white paper, MIT scientists discuss potential for revolutionary advances in biomedicine and other fields.
Scientists decipher 3-billion-year-old genomic fossils
Analysis of modern-day genomes finds evidence for ancient environmental change and a massive expansion in genetic diversity.
The code for survival
Cells fight stress by reprogramming a system of RNA modifications, researchers find.
Suresh discusses the role of engineering in the study of infectious disease
In public lecture at MIT, former dean describes progress in understanding malaria.
Emeritus: On the trail of aflatoxin
Toxicologist Gerald Wogan has dedicated his career to understanding — and fighting — a deadly carcinogen.
MIT senior wins Rhodes Scholarship
Jennifer Lai, who is majoring in biological engineering and music and theater arts, is headed to Oxford.
Going nature one better
MIT researchers aim to learn biology’s secrets for making tough, resilient materials out of simple components, and then improve on them.
Biology rides to computers’ aid
Photonic crystals could usher in an age of low-power optical computing, but they’re hard to manufacture. Maybe adding a little DNA would help.
Teasing out malaria’s genetic secrets
Biological engineer’s new approach to studying gene control could lead to new drug targets.
Roger Kamm elected to the Institute of Medicine
One of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine
5 from MIT win NIH awards
The grants are designed to promote risky, innovative research with the potential to transform a field of study.
Putting carbon dioxide to good use
MIT biological engineers have found a way to convert carbon-dioxide emissions to useful building materials, using genetically altered yeast.
MIT hosts 28 Amgen Scholars this summer
Undergraduates invited to conduct hands-on research with MIT faculty
A pharmacy on the back of a cell
Drugs encapsulated in new MIT nanoparticles can hitch a ride to tumors on the surface of immune-system cells.