Big ideas took the stage on Monday morning, ahead of the inauguration of MIT’s 18th president,…
Tag: Biological engineering
Strengthening America’s manufacturing base
U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu serves as the Department of…
Three from MIT elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2022
The National Academy of Sciences has elected 120 new members and 30 international associates, including three…
Aging Brain Initiative awards fund five new ideas to study, fight neurodegeneration
Neurodegenerative diseases are defined by an increasingly widespread and debilitating death of nervous system cells, but…
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove…
Engineered bacteria could help protect “good” gut microbes from antibiotics
Antibiotics are life-saving drugs, but they can also harm the beneficial microbes that live in the…
Setting carbon management in stone
Keeping global temperatures within limits deemed safe by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change means doing…
Method for delivering immune system-stimulating drugs may enhance cancer immunotherapy
Stimulating the body’s immune system to attack tumors is a promising way to treat cancer. Scientists…