Bioengineering and biotechnology

Cells as living calculatorsUsing analog computation circuits, MIT engineers design cells that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots.

Students have engineering on the brainMIT class offers student teams a chance to create business ventures based on neurotechnology research.

Professor Roger Kamm visualizes sneaky tumor cells with 3-D assayKamm is studying the mechanics of metastasis, the process of cancer-cell migration from one location in the body to another and the cause of more than 90 percent of cancer deaths.

Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissuesNew design technique could enable personalized medicine, studies of brain wiring.

A new way to create rare sugarsMIT team discovers an inorganic catalyst that could pave the way to a more robust synthesis of valuable rare sugars.

Harnessing nature’s solar cellsPhotovoltaic panels made from plant material could become a cheap, easy alternative to traditional solar cells.

Idea draws on engineering and business to help diabetics

Rebuilding American manufacturingWhite House working group convenes at MIT to examine how new technologies can create economic growth and more jobs in the United States.

Allen Lin ’11, MEng ’11 named Marshall ScholarRecent alum will hone interests in policy, synthetic biology through study in the United Kingdom.

Living cells say: Can you hear me now?Researchers find that cells’ chemical signaling includes a way to tell whether signals are being received or not.

Langer honored for achievements in biomedical engineering

Langer wins Warren Alpert Foundation PrizeBiomedical engineer shares $250,000 award

Teaching algae to make fuelNew process could lead to production of hydrogen using bioengineered microorganisms.

Jerome Lettvin, MIT professor emeritus, dies at 91Dynamic cognitive scientist made key contributions to neurophysiology and vision science.

CEHS poster session highlights graduate, postdoctoral workMore than 60 posters featured at annual Center for Environmental Health Sciences event.

Nano-sized vaccinesNew MIT nanoparticles could lead to powerful vaccines for HIV and other diseases.

Three MIT engineers named to the National Academy of EngineeringSeveral alumni also elected among 68 new members announced today

Canned, goodMore than 100 years ago, 2 pioneering scientists figured out how to keep canned food safe.

Scientists decipher 3-billion-year-old genomic fossilsAnalysis of modern-day genomes finds evidence for ancient environmental change and a massive expansion in genetic diversity.

The code for survivalCells fight stress by reprogramming a system of RNA modifications, researchers find.

Suresh discusses the role of engineering in the study of infectious diseaseIn public lecture at MIT, former dean describes progress in understanding malaria.

Emeritus: On the trail of aflatoxinToxicologist Gerald Wogan has dedicated his career to understanding — and fighting — a deadly carcinogen.

MIT senior wins Rhodes ScholarshipJennifer Lai, who is majoring in biological engineering and music and theater arts, is headed to Oxford.

Going nature one betterMIT researchers aim to learn biology’s secrets for making tough, resilient materials out of simple components, and then improve on them.

Biology rides to computers’ aidPhotonic crystals could usher in an age of low-power optical computing, but they’re hard to manufacture. Maybe adding a little DNA would help.

Teasing out malaria’s genetic secretsBiological engineer’s new approach to studying gene control could lead to new drug targets.

Roger Kamm elected to the Institute of MedicineOne of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine

5 from MIT win NIH awardsThe grants are designed to promote risky, innovative research with the potential to transform a field of study.