Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)

The co-beta peptide treatment is shown to eradicate biofilm bacteria such as MRSA, a particularly difficult form of bacteria to treat.

SMART and NTU researchers design polymer that can kill drug-resistant bacteria

Polymer may pave the way for drugs to which bacteria are significantly less resistant, a breakthrough that could save hundreds of thousands of lives per year.

December 20, 2019

Schematic illustration of probe adsorption influenced by an attractive interaction within the corona

SMART discovers nondisruptive way to characterize the surface of nanoparticles

New method overcomes limitations of existing chemical procedures and may accelerate nanoengineering of materials.

November 12, 2019

Eric Alm and Peter Dedon receive NIH Transformative Research Award

Award will support interdisciplinary research on the role of the human microbiome in health and disease.

October 24, 2019

Vijay Raj Singh, SMART research scientist, and Zahid Yaqoob, MIT LBRC principal investigator, study tumor cells using the new confocal reflectance interferometric microscope.

Diagnosing cellular nanomechanics

SMART has developed a new way to study cells, paving the way for a better understanding of how cancers spread and become deadly.

October 7, 2019

A LEES researcher reviews a 200 mm silicon III-V wafer.

SMART develops a way to commercially manufacture integrated silicon III-V chips

New method from MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore paves the way for improved optoelectronic and 5G devices.

October 3, 2019

MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore launches new group, boosting cell therapy research

SMART's new Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) group aims to overcome challenges in life-changing cell therapies.

July 26, 2019

Eugene Fitzgerald appointed CEO and director of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology

Professor of materials science and engineering to lead MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore.

February 6, 2019

Researchers have found that burning peatlands in Indonesia are responsible for much of the haze enveloping Singapore.

Burning Indonesian peat causes haze in Singapore

Radiocarbon measurements provide evidence that the origin of the haze over Sumatra's neighbors is peat, not deforestation and waste burning as many believed.

November 21, 2018

“This spot is just going to be the hottest spot for deadly heat waves in the future, especially under climate change,” says Professor Elfatih Eltahir.

China could face deadly heat waves due to climate change

One of the world’s most densely populated regions may push the boundaries of habitability by the end of this century, study finds.

July 31, 2018

An MIT team performing fundamental studies of systems for cooling and dehumidifying indoor spaces includes (l-r): Professor Leslie Norford, graduate students Tianyi Chen and Omar Labban, and Professor John Lienhard. Chen and Labban began the work when they teamed up for an assignment in an advanced energy conversion class taught by Professor Ahmed Ghoniem (not pictured).

Cooling buildings worldwide

Analysis points the way to energy-efficient systems that take a location-specific approach to cooling and dehumidifying places where people live and work.

July 11, 2018