MIT researchers work to discover biodegradable polyesters, with support from the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, J-WAFS, and DIC Corp.

A record-breaking number of presenters flock to the MIT event’s poster competition; topics range from synthetic mucus to nature-inspired design.

Fifteen principal investigators from across MIT will conduct early work to solve issues ranging from water contamination to aquaculture monitoring and management.

A collaborative research team from the MIT-Takeda Program combined physics and machine learning to characterize rough particle surfaces in pharmaceutical pills and powders.

Computational chemists design better ways of discovering and designing materials for energy applications.

Developed at SMART, the nondestructive nanosensors could have wide applications in agricultural science.

A new method for removing the greenhouse gas from the ocean could be far more efficient than existing systems for removing it from the air.

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

Groundbreaking research can help alleviate the challenges affiliated with studying carbohydrates.

Fortifying foods with new polymer particles containing vitamin A could promote better vision and health for millions of people.