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  • Screen could offer better safety tests for new chemicals

    12.17.2019

    Researchers have created innovative test that can detect faster potentially cancer-causing DNA damage Read more


  • Tracing the origins of air pollutants in India

    09.30.2019

    MIT researchers employ low-cost sensors to detect and track the origins of air pollutants in India.

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  • Malden Works for Waterfront Equity and Resilience awarded Norman B. Leventhal City Prize, in partnership with MIT CEHS COEEC

    09.24.2019

    Prize supports powerful collaboration among diverse constituencies in Malden, Massachusetts.

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  • For Catherine Drennan, teaching and research are complementary passions

    06.26.2019

    Professor of biology and chemistry is catalyzing new approaches in research and education to meet the climate challenge Read more


  • 2019 INFINITE MILE AWARD WINNER: DR. KATHLEEN VANDIVER

    06.25.2019

    Dr. Vandiver is the Director of Community Engagement for both the Center for Environmental Health Sciences and the MIT Superfund Research Program Read more


  • Alphasense partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    04.30.2019

    In May (2018), the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea erupted, along with human tragedy, the eruption provided an opportunity to monitor the air quality of a volcano during the eruptive phase. Researchers employed innovative sensors as part of a dense monitoring network Read more


  • Meet B. fragilis, a bacterium that moves into your gut and evolves to make itself at home

    04.23.2019

    MIT researchers have analyzed population genomics and metagenomics to investigate the microbiome evolution of Bacteroides fragilis, one of the most prevalent bacteria found in humans' large intestines Read more


  • Innovative sensor network monitors ‘vog’ in Hawai’i

    04.02.2019

    Aside from the human tragedy that this created, the eruption provided a unique opportunity to monitor the air quality of a volcano during the eruptive phase, and researchers have employed innovative low-cost sensors to do so Read more


  • Greener, more efficient natural gas filtration

    04.09.2019

    Novel membrane material removes more impurities, without the need for toxic solvents Read more


  • Tissue chip headed to International Space Station for osteoarthritis study

    05.07.2019

    Successfully launched project aims to understand why some injuries result in post-traumatic osteoarthritis while others heal and recover Read more