News & Updates

Udayan Umapathi SM ’17 and Will Langford SM ’14, PhD ’19 are co-founders of a Media Lab spinoff building a full-stack platform to enable automation for genomics and genetic engineering.

Researchers glean a more complete picture of a structure called the nuclear pore complex by studying it directly inside cells.

The Max Planck Society and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation honor the MIT physicist's work on two-dimensional quantum materials.

New research on ancient Roman concrete inspires durable and sustainable modern constructions.

Awards support high-risk, high-reward biomedical and behavioral research.

A new study shows a link between patient survival and changes in tumor cell mass after glioblastoma treatment.

Ava Waitz '21 has worked on two long-term research projects related to climate change: one focused on the development of transparent solar cells that could be applied to large surface areas like windows, the other on analyzing greenhouse gas emissions with the ultimate goal of creating better regulations for controlling them.

Read more in MIT's Spectrum.

Reversible system can flip the magnetic orientation of particles with a small voltage; could lead to faster data storage and smaller sensors.

Using nanoparticles that store and gradually release light, engineers create light-emitting plants that can be charged repeatedly.