Silencing gene expression to cure complex diseases
Immuneering uses bioinformatics to develop new medicines while also helping large pharmaceutical companies improve their treatments.
Oct. 26, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: health medicine genetics cancer startups biology rna alzheimers data disease research drug-development school-of-engineering innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie alumniae biological-engineering
Helping robots avoid collisions
Realtime Robotics has created a controller that helps robots safely move around on the fly.
Sept. 17, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: robotics machine-learning startups manufacturing research school-of-engineering innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail computer-vision
Making health care more personal
The company Health at Scale uses machine learning to improve outcomes for individual patients.
Sept. 1, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: machine-learning startups health-care data research school-of-engineering harvard-mit-health-sciences-and-technology innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie alumniae electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs algorithms computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail
The factory of the future, batteries not included
Everactive provides an industrial “internet of things” platform built on its battery-free sensors.
Aug. 20, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: internet-of-things energy startups electronics manufacturing data research batteries school-of-engineering innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie alumniae computer-science-and-technology energy-storage electrical-engineering-computer-sciences-eecs
Finch Therapeutics unleashes the power of the gut
The company is developing treatments that restore gut bacteria in people struggling with a range of diseases.
July 23, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: health medicine bacteria startups microbes microbiology research drug-development school-of-engineering alumniae biological-engineering microboime
MIT-BU law clinics help students bring innovations into the world
Growing program provides free legal services to student entrepreneurs and researchers, while giving law students practical experience.
July 16, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: startups digital-technology law research students innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie computer-science-and-technology technology-and-society martin-trust-center-for-mit-entrepreneurship
A new approach to carbon capture
Researchers design an effective treatment for both exhaust and ambient air.
July 9, 2020 • ~15 min
Tags: sustainability energy environment climate pollution startups carbon greenhouse-gases emissions research carbon-nanotubes school-of-engineering innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie alumniae mit-energy-initiative chemical-engineering
State-level R&D tax credits spur growth of new businesses
Study also finds tax breaks for general business investment have slightly negative effect on innovation.
June 12, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: startups economics policy research government innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie sloan-school-of-management business-and-management
A scientist turns to entrepreneurship
After delivering novel computational methods for nuclear problems, nuclear science and engineering PhD candidate Pablo Ducru plunges into startup life.
May 20, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: sustainability climate-change energy startups graduate profile research school-of-engineering innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie nuclear-science-and-engineering nuclear-power-and-reactors postdoctoral
Reporting tool aims to balance hospitals’ Covid-19 load
Based on crowdsourced data, app helps patients, EMTs, and physicians determine real-time availability of hospital resources.
April 23, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: covid-19 startups pandemic digital-technology health-care data research apps school-of-engineering innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie alumniae computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail aeronautical-and-astronautical-engineering disaster-response crowdsourcing mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
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