An easier way to engineer plants

MIT-led team uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into plant chloroplasts.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 25, 2019 ~7 min

Oxygen-tracking method could improve diabetes treatment

Measurements could help scientists develop better designs for a bioartificial pancreas.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 25, 2019 ~8 min


Turning desalination waste into a useful resource

Process developed at MIT could turn concentrated brine into useful chemicals, making desalination more efficient.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 13, 2019 ~6 min

Bose grants for 2018 fund research at the frontier of discovery

The prestigious awards are supporting five innovative projects that challenge established norms and have the potential to be world-changing.

Resource Development • mit
Feb. 11, 2019 ~14 min

New pill can deliver insulin

Capsule that releases insulin in the stomach could replace injections for patients with type 2 diabetes.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 7, 2019 ~7 min

SuperUROP: Showcasing students' research work in progress

Undergraduate researchers discussed their projects at a well-attended poster session.

Kathryn O’Neill | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science • mit
Jan. 31, 2019 ~8 min

Eruption spurs creation of real-time air pollution network

Low-cost sensors on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano provide an educational resource and give insight into air quality across Big Island.

Carolyn Schmitt | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
Jan. 30, 2019 ~12 min

Researchers catalog defects that give 2-D materials amazing properties

Theoretical analysis distinguishes observed “holes” from the huge list of hypothetically possible ones.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 14, 2019 ~6 min


Engineers create an inhalable form of messenger RNA

Patients with lung disease could find relief by breathing in messenger RNA molecules.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 4, 2019 ~6 min

Saving heat until you need it

A new concept for thermal energy storage involves a material that absorbs heat as it melts and releases it as it resolidifies.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Dec. 19, 2018 ~15 min

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