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Health and Medicine

WEBThe inventiveness of DMSE researchers in health and science is limitless. One important class of materials they use is soft matter—polymers for fibers that deliver drugs to the …

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Yet-Ming Chiang named to TIME100 Climate list

WEBProfessor Yet-Ming Chiang has been named to the 2023 Time 100 Climate list, the magazine’s inaugural tally of the 100 most influential climate leaders in business. …

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Merging science and systems thinking to make materials …

WEBFor Professor Elsa Olivetti, tackling a problem as large and complex as climate change requires not only lab research but also understanding the systems of production that …

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"Life is short, so aim high"

WEB“I’d say life is short, so aim high,” Jaramillo says. “As scientists and engineers that means tackling the hard problems because the easy ones have been …

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2023-24 Takeda Fellows: Advancing research at the …

WEBThe School of Engineering has selected 13 new Takeda Fellows for the 2023-24 academic year. With support from Takeda, the graduate students will conduct …

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Joseph Casamento

WEBResearch. Professor Joseph Casamento’s research background and interests are in semiconducting materials and dielectrics, heterostructure design, thin film synthesis, and …

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Alan F. Schwartzman

WEBBiography. Alan Schwartzman has been the director of the NanoMechanical Technology Laboratory for 20 years. There, sophisticated tools are used to measure the mechanical …

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A path to more efficient diagnoses

WEBDisease diagnosis in hospitals today is a slow process. If a patient is suspected of having a life-threatening illness such as cancer, a biopsy is performed to excise tissue.

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Heather Nan Lechtman

WEBResearch. Professor Heather Lechtman carries out her fieldwork in the Andean zone of South America, where she spent 43 years investigating the prehistoric systems of …

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Abate and Fink win 2024 Bose Grants

WEBMIT Provost Cynthia Barnhart announced four Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants to support bold research projects across diverse areas of study, …

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MIT community members elected to the National Academy of …

WEBThe National Academy of Inventors (NAI) recently announced the election of more than 160 individuals to their 2023 class of fellows. Among them are two members of the MIT Koch …

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MSE Seminar Series: Electron Microscopy: Redefining the Limits of

WEBSpeaker. Juan Carlos Idrobo, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington. Abstract. The field of electron microscopy (EM) …

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DMSE alum’s green hydrogen innovation for clean energy

WEBRenewable energy today—mainly derived from the sun or wind—depends on batteries for storage. While costs have dropped in recent years, the pursuit of more efficient means …

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Four from MIT awarded National Medals of Technology, Science

WEBThe White House honored four MIT affiliates today with the nation’s highest awards for scientists and innovators. At a ceremony this afternoon, President Joe Biden …

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Twelve with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine …

WEBFive MIT faculty members are among the 12 MIT affiliates and 100 total new members of the National Academy of Medicine. Clockwise from top left: Daniel Anderson, Regina …

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Scientists develop an affordable sensor for lead contamination

WEBEngineers at MIT, Nanyang Technological University, and several companies have developed a compact and inexpensive technology for detecting and measuring …

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3 Questions: Darrell Irvine on making HIV vaccines more powerful

WEBAn MIT research team led by Professor Darrell Irvine has developed a novel kind of vaccine adjuvant: a nanoparticle that can help to stimulate the immune system to generate a …

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MIT Generative AI Week fosters dialogue across disciplines

WEBIn late November, faculty, staff, and students from across MIT participated in MIT Generative AI Week.The programming included a flagship full-day symposium as well as …

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