Study finds natural sources of air pollution exceed air quality guidelines in many regions

MIT research highlights the opportunity to rethink global air quality guidelines.

Stephanie Martinovich | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
June 7, 2022 ~7 min

New research center focused on brain-body relationship established at MIT

K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center to investigate the brain’s complex relationship with other body systems.

Julie Pryor | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
May 25, 2022 ~6 min


Artificial intelligence predicts patients’ race from their medical images

Study shows AI can identify self-reported race from medical images that contain no indications of race detectable by human experts.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
May 20, 2022 ~9 min

An all-in-one approach to diabetes treatment

MIT engineers are working on a new kind of device that could streamline the process of blood glucose measurement and insulin injection.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 20, 2022 ~7 min

3 Questions: Kristin Knouse on the liver’s regenerative capabilities

The clinically-trained cell biologist exploits the liver’s unique capacities in search of new medical applications.

Grace van Deelen | Department of Biology • mit
Dec. 15, 2021 ~7 min

A step toward “living biotherapeutics”

Chemical engineers created a coating for microbes that could make it easier to deploy the organisms to treat gastrointestinal disease.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 10, 2021 ~5 min

New 10-minute test detects Covid-19 immunity

Paper-based blood test developed by SMART researchers can rapidly determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies.

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology • mit
Nov. 22, 2021 ~8 min

MIT collaborates with Biogen on three-year, $7 million initiative to address climate, health, and equity

Biogen’s support is part of biotechnology company’s Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives Initiative.

MIT Resource Development • mit
Nov. 3, 2021 ~6 min


Study finds indoor air cleaners fall short on removing volatile organic compound

Comparison of four oxidation-based cleaners suggests the devices produce their own pollutants and vary in effectiveness.

Becky Ham | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
Oct. 29, 2021 ~7 min

Solid, liquid, or gas? Technique quickly identifies physical state of tissues and tumors

The method could be a route to quicker, less invasive cancer diagnoses.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 25, 2021 ~7 min

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