Since an MIT team introduced expansion microscopy in 2015, the technique has powered the science behind kidney disease, plant seeds, the microbiome, Alzheimer’s, viruses, and more.

New methods light up lipid membranes and let researchers see sets of proteins inside cells with high resolution.

Core-shell structures made of hydrogel could enable more efficient uptake in the body.

The grant will enable pilot-scale water treatment systems to be built and tested using sustainable hydrogel microparticles.

MIT graduate student Seth Cazzell shows controlling pH enables reversible hydrogel formation in wider range of metal concentrations.

It’s not quite the Ant-Man suit, but the system produces 3-D structures one thousandth the size of the originals.