From counting blood cells to motion capture, sensors drive patient-centered research | MIT News
Sensors and sensing systems — from devices that depend white blood cells to technologies that watch muscle mass coordination during...
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Immune system-stimulating nanoparticle could lead to more powerful vaccines | MIT News
A widespread system to make vaccines much more effective is to provide them together with an adjuvant — a compound...
Six MIT students named 2023 Schwarzman Scholars | MIT News
5 MIT seniors — Sihao Huang, William Kuhl, Giramnah Peña-Alcántara, Sreya Vangara, and Kelly Wu — and graduate student Tingyu...
NASA selects three MIT alumni for astronaut training | MIT News
On Monday, MIT confirmed once again its status as a common launchpad for upcoming astronauts. NASA announced that 3 MIT...
MIT Future Founders Initiative announces prize competition to promote female entrepreneurs in biotech | MIT News
In a fitting sequel to its entrepreneurship “boot camp” educational lecture series last fall, the MIT Future Founders Initiative has...
Peeking into a chrysalis, videos reveal growth of butterfly wing scales | MIT News
If you brush against the wings of a butterfly, you will likely come away with a fine sprinkling of powder....
Investigating pathogens and their life cycles, for the benefit of society | MIT News
Desmond Edwards was a little kid when first learned about typhoid fever. Fortunately, he didn’t have the disease. He was...
Engineers devise a way to selectively turn on RNA therapies in human cells | MIT News
Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a way to selectively turn on gene therapies in target cells, including...
Exploring the human stories behind the data | MIT News
Shaking in the back of a police cruiser, handcuffs digging into his wrists, Brian Williams was overwhelmed with fear. He...
Diagnosing cancer with a barcode-inspired test | MIT News
As Dana Al-Sulaiman peers into a microscope, a row of dots appears on a slide. These dots can help provide...
Hunting a “Jekyll-and-Hyde” molecule | MIT News
MIT chemical engineers have developed a way of swiftly screening compounds to determine their therapeutic potential for certain kinds of...
