Automating single-molecule image studies | MIT News

MIT physics graduate student James Owen Andrews is developing software to improve dynamic image capture from super-resolution fluorescent microscopes.

Denis Paiste | Materials Processing Center • mit
Sept. 21, 2015 ~6 min

Faculty Highlight: Ibrahim Cissé | MIT News

Assistant professor of physics probes the formation of enzyme clusters that enable gene copying and protein production in living cells.

Denis Paiste | Materials Processing Center • mit
Sept. 3, 2015 ~12 min


Searching big data faster | MIT News

Theoretical analysis could expand applications of accelerated searching in biology, other fields.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 26, 2015 ~6 min

A metabolic master switch underlying human obesity | MIT News

Researchers find pathway that controls metabolism by prompting fat cells to store or burn fat.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
Aug. 19, 2015 ~11 min

How chronic inflammation can lead to cancer | MIT News

Researchers discover how the immune system can create cancerous DNA mutations when fighting off infection.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
Aug. 7, 2015 ~8 min

Mending a broken heart | MIT News

Laurie Boyer’s work might one day lead to cures for heart defects and disease.

Cathryn Delude | MIT Spectrum • mit
Aug. 3, 2015 ~4 min

An ally for the understudied Y chromosome | MIT News

Graduate student Alexander Godfrey tackles a chromosome that half the world has — yet few understand.

Julia Sklar | MIT News correspondent • mit
Aug. 3, 2015 ~6 min

Longstanding problem put to rest | MIT News

Proof that a 40-year-old algorithm is the best possible will come as a relief to computer scientists.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
June 10, 2015 ~9 min


DNA breakage underlies both learning, age-related damage | MIT News

Process that allows brains to learn and remember also leads to degeneration with age.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
June 4, 2015 ~9 min

Uncovering diversity in an invisible ocean world | MIT News

New research indicates marine plankton are not only more diverse than previously thought, but also profoundly affected by their environment.

Cassie Martin | Oceans at MIT • mit
May 26, 2015 ~6 min

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