Health sciences and technology

Five MIT engineers named to National Academy of EngineeringSeveral Institute alumni also among 66 new members announced today.

Neuroscientists link brain-wave pattern to energy consumptionNew model of neuro-electric activity could help scientists better understand quiescent brain states such as coma.

MIT to launch Institute for Medical Engineering and ScienceBased in School of Engineering but spanning all of MIT, IMES will be led by Arup K. Chakraborty.

Stopping influenza evolution before it startsModel of flu proteins suggests new way to design vaccines that slow mutations.

Data mining without prejudiceA new technique for finding relationships between variables in large datasets makes no prior assumptions about what those relationships might be.

How to stop the fluEngineering-systems researchers identify proven strategies to prevent influenza from spreading through a household.

Double dutyA computational biologist and physician, Collin Stultz takes a unique approach to studying diseases that could lead to new treatments.

Seeing cancer in three dimensionsScientists find that the 3-D structure of a cancer cell’s chromosomes plays a big role in which genes get deleted or copied.

Mimicking the brain, in siliconNew computer chip models how neurons communicate with each other at synapses.

Edelman receives Katz Prize in Cardiovascular ResearchPrize honors physician scientists and recognizes outstanding lifetime achievement