Mapping molecular neighborhoods
At first glance, it seems counterintuitive. To learn more about how cells go awry causing disease, it seems logical to focus on the minutiae of...
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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 MIT, and the W. M....
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 category of Health / Science...
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 future is still a hotly...
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 Memorial Building. The session highlighted...
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 tenured colleagues have demonstrated a...
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 STEM teaching and teacher education...
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. Researchers from MIT and the...
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 University at New Brunswick, and...
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 from MIPT’s Systems Biology Laboratory,...
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 hospitalized patients, has at least...
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 prevalent parasitic killer, behind malaria....
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, of course, for what belongs...
New flu strains and old antibodies: How sinful is ‘original antigenic sin’?
Immune memory ensures a quick and specific response to previously encountered pathogens. However, for rapidly evolving pathogens like influenza virus, there is concern that recalled...
Fruit flies could be key to fighting cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the United States and has been identified as a primary cause of...
