12.19.2022
As part of the MIT Superfund Research Program, Nicolette Bugher is working to expose the poisons lurking in our environment and discover what they mean for human health. (Plata lab)
12.12.2022
Harnessing these protective molecules may offer a new way to treat the disease, which spreads through contaminated water. (Ribbeck lab)
12.2.2022
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds. (Selin lab)
11.21.2022
Researchers harness new pooled, image-based screening method to probe the functions of over 5,000 essential genes in human cells. (Blainey lab)
11.2.2022
By analyzing enzyme activity at the organism, tissue, and cellular scales, new sensors could provide new tools to clinicians and cancer researchers. (Bhatia lab)
10.26.2022
New MIT tool pinpoints policy combinations that maximize health benefits. (Selin lab)
10.10.2022
Delta Air Lines said Thursday it will work with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a study examining the environmental impact of airplane contrails. (Barrett lab)
9.27.2022
A machine-learning method finds patterns of health decline in ALS, informing future clinical trial designs and mechanism discovery. The technique also extends to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. (Fraenkel lab)
8.29.2022
Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time. (Boyden lab)
8.25.2022
Developed by the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, the assay can provide new details about the type of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in a community. (Alm lab)
8.24.2022
This project aims to get accurate local climate information into the hands of those who must ready their communities for wilder weather. (Selin lab)
8.17.2022
Design from the Swager Lab uses electronic polymers, rather than colored lines, to indicate a positive response, enabling quantitative monitoring of biomarkers. (Swager lab)
8.11.2022
The peptide is used by legumes to control nitrogen-fixing bacteria; it may also offer leads for treating patients with too much heme in their blood. (Walker Lab)
8.9.2022
The paper test measures the level of neutralizing antibodies in a blood sample and could help people decide what protections they should take against infection. (Bhatia Lab)
8.1.2022
Utilizing organoids to model early development, scientists employed a developing
microscopy technology to observe that new neurons struggled to attain their
developmental goal. (So Lab) "C:\Users\manda\Dropbox (MIT)\CEHS EVENTS\2022 website articles\Imaging-Technology-Illustrates-the-Migration-Path-of-Neurons-in-Rett-Syndrome.pdf"
6.27.2022
By tracing the steps of liver regrowth, MIT engineers hope to harness the liver’s regenerative abilities to help treat chronic disease. (Bhatia Lab)
6.13.2022
Using this diagnostic, doctors could avoid prescribing antibiotics in cases where they won’t be effective. (Bhatia Lab)
6.12.2022
Complex sugar molecules called glycans could help treat some of the most difficult infections. (Ribbeck Lab)
5.27.2022
When coated onto plastic tubing, the catalysts could act on chemicals flowing through, helping to synthesize drugs and other compounds. (Swager Lab)
4.28.2022
Researchers build a portable desalination unit that generates clear, clean drinking water without the need for filters or high-pressure pumps. (Jongyoon Han lab).
3.7.2022
The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact. Read more.
2.28.2022
SMART researchers find explanation for why some patients might experience diarrhea after taking amoxicillin-clavulanate.
2.1.2022
A computational study shows that dozens of mutations help the virus’ spike protein evade antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2. Read more.
1.11.2022
Professor Bradley Pentelute: Tiny Tides is an automated fast-flow instrument that can synthesize peptide-nucleic acids in a single shot. Read more.
