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

Protein structure offers clues to drug-resistance mechanism

A new study sheds light on how a protein pumps toxic molecules out of bacterial cells.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 18, 2022 ~6 min

Synthesis too slow? Let this robot do it.

Tiny Tides is an automated fast-flow instrument that can synthesize peptide-nucleic acids in a single shot.

Department of Chemistry • mit
Jan. 11, 2022 ~5 min

Could acid-neutralizing life-forms make habitable pockets in Venus’ clouds?

A new study shows it’s theoretically possible. The hypothesis could be tested soon with proposed Venus-bound missions.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 20, 2021 ~7 min


Measuring cancer cell state can reveal drug susceptibility

Study results also show that pancreatic tumor cells can be forced into a more susceptible state by changing their environment.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 9, 2021 ~8 min

Taking some of the guesswork out of drug discovery

A deep learning model rapidly predicts the 3D shapes of drug-like molecules, which could accelerate the process of discovering new medicines.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 6, 2021 ~7 min

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