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By changing how atoms in a molecule are arranged relative to each other, Associate Professor Alison Wendlandt aims to create compounds with new chemical properties.

CAMP4 Therapeutics is targeting regulatory RNA, whose role in gene expression was first described by co-founder and MIT Professor Richard Young.

Professor Craig Carter’s precision design for a student-led project now on the moon, encodes messages from around the world on a silicon wafer.

These bacteria, which could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, could act as sensors to help farmers monitor their crops.

The undergraduate lab’s first microscope competition highlights stunning images and student ingenuity.

Scaling up nanoparticle production could help scientists test new cancer treatments.

Upending a long-held supposition, MIT researchers find a common catalyst works by cycling between two different forms.

Check out MIT.nano Director Vladimir Bulović in this interview with Scientific American inside MIT.nano's cleanroom.

Watch the interview