Study reveals the dynamics of human milk production

A new analysis shows how milk-producing cells change over time in nursing mothers.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
April 5, 2022 ~8 min

Chemical reactions for the energy transition

Yogesh Surendranath and his team are bringing powerful techniques of electrochemistry to bear on the problem of designing catalysts for sustainable fuels.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
April 4, 2022 ~12 min


Generating new molecules with graph grammar

An efficient machine-learning method uses chemical knowledge to create a learnable grammar with production rules to build synthesizable monomers and polymers.

Lauren Hinkel | MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab • mit
April 1, 2022 ~7 min

Harvard researcher unlocks potential of quantum technologies

Chemical biology professor works to crack secrets of new states of matter.

Yahya Chaudhry • harvard
March 23, 2022 ~6 min

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions

Faculty leaders describe their efforts to develop potentially game-changing tools.

MIT News Office • mit
March 17, 2022 ~13 min

A fabric that “hears” your heartbeat

Inspired by the human ear, a new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 16, 2022 ~8 min

Microbes and minerals may have set off Earth’s oxygenation

Scientists propose a new mechanism by which oxygen may have first built up in the atmosphere

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 14, 2022 ~6 min

Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion

If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 28, 2022 ~8 min


Chemical synthesis yields potential antibiotic

A new strategy for producing a natural compound could also be used to generate variants with even stronger antimicrobial activity.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 24, 2022 ~6 min

The chemistry behind your LCD flat-screen devices: how a scientist changed the world

The story of the groundbreaking history behind your flatscreen TVs, mobiles and tablets – and the ingenious scientist who made it possible.

Mark Lorch, Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull • conversation
Feb. 23, 2022 ~7 min

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