Tiny diamond rotor could improve protein studies

A new way of machining microscale rotors from diamond crystal can enable ultrasensitive NMR devices for probing proteins and other materials.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
May 24, 2023 ~10 min

A better way to match 3D volumes

By mapping the volumes of objects, rather than their surfaces, a new technique could yield solutions to computer graphics problems in animation and CAD.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 24, 2023 ~9 min


Gene-editing technique could speed up study of cancer mutations

With the new method, scientists can explore many cancer mutations whose roles are unknown, helping them develop new drugs that target those mutations.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 11, 2023 ~9 min

Chemists’ technique reveals whether antibodies neutralize SARS-CoV-2

The method could enable a rapid test to determine whether individuals are producing antibodies that help protect against Covid-19.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 10, 2023 ~6 min

Advocating for science budget and policy

MIT’s Science Policy Initiative sends students and postdocs to Capitol Hill to advocate for continued and increased federal support for scientific research.

Science Policy Initiative • mit
May 9, 2023 ~4 min

An unprecedented view of gene regulation

MIT engineers’ new technique analyzes the 3D organization of the genome at a resolution 100 times higher than before.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 8, 2023 ~10 min

A new control switch could make RNA therapies easier to program

Using this approach, researchers hope to deliver therapeutic RNA molecules selectively to cancer cells or other target cells.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
March 15, 2023 ~7 min

Python-based compiler achieves orders-of-magnitude speedups

Codon compiles Python code to run more efficiently and effectively while allowing for customization and adaptation to various domains.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
March 14, 2023 ~8 min


Custom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing

The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 22, 2023 ~8 min

Sparse, small, but diverse neural connections help make perception reliable, efficient

First detailed mapping and modeling of thalamus inputs onto visual cortex neurons show brain leverages “wisdom of the crowd” to process sensory information.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Feb. 2, 2023 ~9 min

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