Neural implants modulate microstructures in the brain with pinpoint accuracy | MIT News

MIT researchers develop new tools to enable targeted delivery of drugs to deep brain structures through implanted microprobes.

Windy Pham | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science • mit
June 28, 2018 ~4 min

“Artificial blubber” protects divers in frigid water | MIT News

MIT engineers develop a way to triple the survival time for swimmers in wetsuits.

David Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
June 19, 2018 ~9 min


Robert Langer named 2018 US Science Envoy | MIT News

Institute Professor chosen to help forge connections and identify opportunities for sustained international cooperation.

Melanie Miller Kaufman | Department of Chemical Engineering • mit
June 18, 2018 ~2 min

MIT Energy Initiative awards nine Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research | MIT News

Awardees will use grants to advance research in areas including energy storage, renewables expansion modeling, and the chemistry of electrocatalysts.

Francesca McCaffrey | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
June 1, 2018 ~10 min

J-WAFS awards over $1.3 million in fourth round of seed grant funding | MIT News

Eleven principal investigators from six MIT departments will receive grants totaling over $1.3 million, overhead free, for research on food and water challenges.

Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab • mit
May 25, 2018 ~12 min

Tiny particles could help fight brain cancer | MIT News

Nanoparticles carrying two drugs can cross the blood-brain barrier and shrink glioblastoma tumors.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 24, 2018 ~7 min

A single-injection vaccine for the polio virus | MIT News

Nanoparticles could offer a new way to help eradicate the disease worldwide.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 21, 2018 ~6 min

Applying machine learning to challenges in the pharmaceutical industry | MIT News

MIT researchers and industry form new consortium to aid the drug discovery process.

Stefanie Koperniak | Department of Chemical Engineering • mit
May 17, 2018 ~9 min


“Living drug factories” may one day replace injections | MIT News

Startup develops implantable, encased cells that live in the body and secrete insulin and other therapeutics.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
May 16, 2018 ~8 min

Showcasing the results of students' real-world research | MIT News

SuperUROP and Masterworks participants share the findings of their intensive hands-on projects.

Kathryn O'Neill | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science • mit
May 15, 2018 ~7 min

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