Bio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly

A new adhesive that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks may offer a better way to treat traumatic injuries.

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

3 Questions: Anna Jagielska on printing artificial axons

How 3D-printed models of neuronal axons could accelerate development of new therapies to treat neurodegenerative disorders.

Shirley Goh | Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation • mit
June 29, 2021 ~7 min


MIT team collaborates with 3M to develop rapid Covid-19 test

Company working with Sikes Lab to test feasibility of low-cost diagnostic that could be manufactured by the millions each day.

Shirley Goh | Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation • mit
July 14, 2020 ~7 min

Study reveals how mucus tames microbes

Specialized sugar molecules called glycans can disarm opportunistic pathogens and prevent infection.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 14, 2019 ~7 min

A new way to make droplets bounce away

Engineers design surfaces that send rain flying away, potentially preventing icing or soaking.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
June 27, 2019 ~6 min

Deshpande Center and J-WAFS announce fall 2017 research grants | MIT News

Twenty-two research teams receive $1,443,000 to develop new technological innovations.

School of Engineering • mit
Oct. 17, 2017 ~13 min

Two from MIT share National Academy of Engineering Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize | MIT News

Professor James Fujimoto, Eric Swanson SM '84, and collaborators lauded for optical coherence tomography.

School of Engineering • mit
Jan. 13, 2017 ~4 min

J-WAFS Solutions program awards $750,000 in commercialization grants | MIT News

Four new projects and one renewal receive $150,000 in funding for 2016-2017.

Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab • mit
Aug. 12, 2016 ~7 min


JuliaCon draws global users of a dynamic, easy-to-learn programming language | MIT News

Now three years old, the Julia programming language is helping to solve problems in areas such as economic modeling, spaceflight, and bioinformatics.

Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation • mit
July 18, 2016 ~4 min

Bringing MIT and India closer together | MIT News

Tata Center Annual Symposium explores many pathways for MIT research to have an impact in India and the developing world.

Ben Miller | MIT Tata Center • mit
Oct. 21, 2015 ~6 min

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