Refining optogenetic methods to map synaptic connections in the brain
A fundamental question in neuroscience is how neuronal networks and circuits give rise to brain function, as disruptions in these...
An ace on the court and in the lab
MIT senior Ava Soleimany knows the value of determination in the lab, and on the tennis court. The major in...
Biobarrier explorer and dark matter theorist win MIT’s prestigious junior faculty award
Jesse Thaler, associate professor in the Department of Physics, and Katharina Ribbeck, the Eugene Bell Career Development Professor of Tissue...
James Collins appointed 2016 Allen Distinguished Investigator
James Collins, the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science at the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, professor...
Five from MIT win 2016 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, the premier graduate school fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants,...
Microbiome genes on the move
The word “culture” typically refers to a group’s shared heritage — such as its customs, cuisine, music, and language —...
Michael Mitchell wins Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface
Michael J. Mitchell, a National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein postdoc in the lab of Robert Langer at the...
Mapping molecular neighborhoods
At first glance, it seems counterintuitive. To learn more about how cells go awry causing disease, it seems logical to...
Feng Zhang named 2016 Tang Prize laureate
Feng Zhang, a core institute member of the Broad Institute, an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at...
Department of Mechanical Engineering wins New England Emmy Award for “Hope Regenerated”
The MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) multimedia team has been recognized with a New England Emmy Award in the...
Biofuels: Too early or too late?
Though biofuels have been a part of energy research for decades, their position in the clean energy portfolios of the...
Center for Environmental Health Sciences selects 2016 poster winners
The Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS) at MIT held its annual poster session on May 4 in the Walker...
The tenured engineers of 2016
The School of Engineering has announced that seven members of its faculty have been granted tenure by MIT. “These newly...
Grant funds innovation in teacher education
The Teaching and Learning Innovation Grants (TLIG) program provides seed funding for MIT community members to bring new ideas for...
Asthma linked to DNA damage
House dust mites, which are a major source of allergens in house dust, can cause asthma in adults and children....
New CRISPR system for targeting RNA
Researchers from MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, as well as the National Institutes of Health, Rutgers...
Scientists explain why Russian tuberculosis is the most infectious
Credit: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Researchers from the Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Physical-Chemical Medicine, and staff...
Fungus causing fatal infections in hospitalized patients has unique growth patterns
Credits: WikimediaWASHINGTON, DC – August 17, 2016 – The multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris, which has caused fatal infections in some...
Insecticide treatment of cattle to kill sand flies and combat leishmaniasis
Credit: David Poché With an estimated 500,000 human infections and 50,000 deaths annually, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the second most...
The science of spotting fake foods (video)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2016 — There’s not much that can top a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs — except,...
