Month: August 2016

James Collins, the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science at the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, professor ...

The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, the premier graduate school fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants, ...

The word “culture” typically refers to a group’s shared heritage — such as its customs, cuisine, music, and language — ...

Michael J. Mitchell, a National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein postdoc in the lab of Robert Langer at the ...

At first glance, it seems counterintuitive. To learn more about how cells go awry causing disease, it seems logical to ...

Feng Zhang, a core institute member of the Broad Institute, an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at ...

The MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) multimedia team has been recognized with a New England Emmy Award in the ...

Though biofuels have been a part of energy research for decades, their position in the clean energy portfolios of the ...

The Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS) at MIT held its annual poster session on May 4 in the Walker ...

The School of Engineering has announced that seven members of its faculty have been granted tenure by MIT. “These newly ...

The Teaching and Learning Innovation Grants (TLIG) program provides seed funding for MIT community members to bring new ideas for ...

House dust mites, which are a major source of allergens in house dust, can cause asthma in adults and children. ...

Researchers from MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, as well as the National Institutes of Health, Rutgers ...

Credit: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Researchers from the Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Physical-Chemical Medicine, and staff ...

Credits: WikimediaWASHINGTON, DC – August 17, 2016 – The multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris, which has caused fatal infections in some ...

Credit: David Poché With an estimated 500,000 human infections and 50,000 deaths annually, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the second most ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2016 — There’s not much that can top a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs — except, ...

Immune memory ensures a quick and specific response to previously encountered pathogens. However, for rapidly evolving pathogens like influenza virus, ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the United States and has been identified ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer have long complained of lingering cognitive impairments after treatment. These effects ...