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Global Health
This research team may have revolutionized the way your gut microbiome is studied
A team of researchers from MIT have found a way to grow bacteria linked to Crohn’s disease in a lab - a notoriously tricky task.
Anne Trafton is a guest contributor to MIT News.
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Plastics and the Environment
These MIT chemists are making tough plastics easier to recycle
Chemists at MIT have developed a method to modify thermoset plastics that allows them to be more easily broken down without compromising their mechanical strength.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Biotechnology
This ingestible microchip could help to diagnose disease
Combining electronics with living bacteria could send a diagnostic signal to your smartphone.
Behavioural Sciences
This is the perfect time to learn a language
Children remain skilled at picking up grammar longer than we previously thought.