Professor Kristala Jones Prather ’94 has made it practical to turn microbes into efficient producers of desired chemicals. She’s also working to reduce our dependence on petroleum.
Professor Fan Wang’s research is zeroing in on brain circuits that control the perception of pain. Her work could one day make it possible to manage pain without opioids.
For decades, MIT kept its distance from local high-tech startups. In this excerpt from his new book, From the Basement to the Dome, Jean-Jacques Degroof chronicles how alumni and students took it upon themselves to kindle an interest in starting companies
Francis Amasa Walker, MIT’s third president, played a key role in advancing the American reservation system. The Institute is now grappling with his complicated legacy.
A perspiration-proof skin patch can monitor health over time.
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