Research

Measuring blood flow to monitor sickle cell diseaseNew technology may help doctors predict when patients are at risk for serious complications.

Reversing Alzheimer’s gene ‘blockade’ can restore memory, other cognitive functionsNeuroscientists show that HDAC2 enzyme could be a good target for new drugs.

Scientists: This man has your numberPierre Azoulay knows why scientists thrive, flounder and have bursts of creativity — and he has the numbers to back it up.

Tiny 3-D chipsMIT researchers develop a new approach to producing three-dimensional microchips.

Delivering RNA with tiny sponge-like spheresNew RNA interference method holds promise for treating cancer, other diseases.

When (and where) work disappearsStudy: Overseas manufacturing competition hits U.S. regions hard, leaving workers unemployed for years and local economies struggling.

Making droplets drop fasterNew nanopatterned surfaces could improve the efficiency of powerplants and desalination systems.

Emeritus Professor Sidney Yip wins 2012 Robert Cahn Award

A new twist on nanowiresTechnology developed at MIT can control the composition and structure of these tiny wires as they grow.

Companies looking at a more regional approach to manufacturingChina no longer the obvious choice for manufacturing functions of large U.S.-based companies, paper says

Prions play key role in yeast survival and evolutionFor the first time, researchers find prions in wild strains of yeast, and show they can help the organisms withstand stress.

New system allows robots to continuously map their environmentAlgorithm to build 3-D maps requires a low-cost camera, no human input.

Paola Cappellaro wins AFOSR Young Investigator AwardDepartment of Nuclear Science and Engineering assistant professor is investigating a bottom-up approach to quantum information devices.

Jens Hainmueller: A 'numbers' guy takes on pressing public policy issuesPolitical science associate professor ties together qualitative and quantitative ways of thinking about politics and society.

Microchips’ optical futureTo keep energy consumption under control, future chips may need to move data using light instead of electricity — and the technical expertise to build them may reside in the United States.

Ashley Finan: Developing better policy for energy innovation

Cuthbert receives $500,000 Digging into Data grantWill support innovative musicology research

Putting lab life under the lensEconomist Scott Stern advances the scientific study of, well, scientists.

New tool for analyzing solar-cell materialsWebsite offers a way of optimizing solar cell materials and production.

The hills are evolvingNew model predicts speed of spreading valleys.

Medicine, microorganisms and MexicoBiology major and Rhodes Scholar combines research and social service in the study of infectious diseases.

Olesnavage wins 2012 Dean A. Horn AwardUndergraduate lays the groundwork for detection of submarine groundwater discharge in Cyprus.

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.

Nuclear security takes its place in NSE’s curriculum

Viruses con bacteria into working for themCoevolution of guest and host lets a virus control its host’s machinery.

Solving energy problems, one molecule at a timeMaterials scientist explores new possibilities in topics from molecules to rooftop solar panels.

MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturingStudy group is tackling hard questions about what it will take to stoke renewal.

Emilio Baglietto: Better reactors grow from better simulations