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Future of Health and Healthcare

This algorithm is fighting antibiotic resistance - and winning

The algorithm identified a new drug that, in lab tests, was able to kill bacteria strains that had previously shown resistance to all known antibiotics.

26 Feb 2020

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Scientists are using gene-editing to create new materials for healthcare technology

Smart materials change properties in response to specific DNA sequences; could be used in a variety of devices.

27 Aug 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Biologists and mathematicians team up to explore tissue folding

An algorithm developed to study the structure of galaxies helps explain a key feature of embryonic development.

31 Jul 2019

Neuroscience

This is how we make complex decisions

MIT neuroscientists are exploring how the brain handles hierarchical decision-making processes that involve breaking down a larger decision into smaller ones that each carry a degree of u...

03 Jun 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Machine learning could help make antibiotics more effective

MIT researchers have developed a new machine-learning approach to discover an additional mechanism that helps some antibiotics kill bacteria.

16 May 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Nanoparticles take a fantastic, magnetic voyage

These tiny robots powered by magnetic fields could help drug-delivery nanoparticles reach their targets.

03 May 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Artificial Intelligence is making pesto even more delicious

Machine learning can reveal optimal growing conditions to maximize taste and other features.

09 Apr 2019

Advanced Materials

Researchers have invented a new method of shrinking objects to one thousandth of the size

Researchers at MIT have found a way to create nanoscale objects of nearly any shape. The system produces 3-D structures one thousandth the size of the originals.

18 Dec 2018

Future of Health and Healthcare

This edible tech can be controlled on your phone to keep you healthy

MIT researchers have designed an ingestible electronic capsule that can be controlled wirelessly to relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.

17 Dec 2018

Global Health

This simple reaction could make antibiotics more effective against drug-resistant bacteria

MIT researchers have managed to successfully link microbes to existing antibiotic drugs to make them more effective.

07 Nov 2018

Future of Health and Healthcare

This surprising combination could be a solution to anti-microbial resistance

In a recent MIT study, researchers eradicated two forms of drug-resistant bacteria by combining probiotics coated in an alginate with antibiotics.

23 Oct 2018

Biotechnology

This ingestible microchip could help to diagnose disease

Combining electronics with living bacteria could send a diagnostic signal to your smartphone.

01 Jun 2018

Behavioural Sciences

This is the perfect time to learn a language

Children remain skilled at picking up grammar longer than we previously thought.

02 May 2018

Mental Health

Why stress can lead to poor decisions

Neuroscientists find chronic stress skews decisions toward higher-risk options.

20 Nov 2017

Emerging Technologies

Not just a superfood: how spinach can detect explosives

MIT have embedded spinach leaves with carbon nanotubes - allowing them to detect explosives.

02 Nov 2016