New study sets oxygen-breathing limit for ocean’s hardiest organisms | MIT News

Bacteria can survive in marine environments that are almost completely starved of oxygen.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 19, 2016 ~7 min

A step toward biodegradable plastics | MIT News

Chemists discover structure of bacterial enzyme that generates useful polymers.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 11, 2016 ~6 min


A new approach against Salmonella and other pathogens | MIT News

Immunization strategy could prevent gastrointestinal disease.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 7, 2016 ~5 min

Engineers design a new weapon against bacteria | MIT News

Antimicrobial peptides can kill strains resistant to existing antibiotics.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 2, 2016 ~6 min

MIT researchers prove fast microbial evolutionary bursts exist | MIT News

Study reveals closely related microbes can diversify rapidly via horizontal gene transfer.

Marilyn Siderwicz | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
Sept. 22, 2016 ~6 min

Delivering beneficial bacteria to the GI tract | MIT News

Method that transports microbes through the stomach to the intestine may benefit human health.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 14, 2016 ~6 min

Microchip enables fast, precise measurement of single-cell growth | MIT News

Device that measures growth of many individual cells simultaneously could lead to rapid tests for antibiotics.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 5, 2016 ~8 min

Hacking microbes | MIT News

Startup’s engineered yeast helps clients produce fragrances and flavors more efficiently.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 25, 2016 ~8 min


New technique may help detect Martian life | MIT News

A novel interpretation of Raman spectra will help the 2020 Mars rover select rocks to study for signs of life.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 15, 2016 ~9 min

Portable device produces biopharmaceuticals on demand | MIT News

System would use microbes for manufacturing small amounts of vaccines and other therapies.

Helen Knight | MIT News Office • mit
July 29, 2016 ~6 min

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