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Gerard Porter, wearing a lab coat and safety glasses, conducts research at a fume hood.

Student Program for Innovation in Science and Engineering is a launching pad toward possibility

Gifted Caribbean high schoolers become SPISE alumni at MIT, and many go on to advanced academic and professional careers.

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Robert J. Gilliard, Jr. Wins 2024 Boron in the Americas Award

Boron in the Americas (BORAM) is an internationally recognized conference venue focused on boron research.

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Seven Exemplary Mentors honored with Fall 2024 Mentorship Spotlight Awards

The winners were nominated by students, postdocs, faculty, and staff in recognition of their exceptional commitment to mentorship.

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Artifacts from a half-century of cancer research

Ten objects on display in the Koch Institute Public Galleries offer uncommon insights into the people and progress of MIT's cancer research community.

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Anna Davis smiles while wearing a Red Sox cap and holding a bouquet of flowers

Graduate Student Spotlight: Anna Davis

Chemistry Graduate Student Anna Davis describes her research and answers 20 random questions as part of the Graduate Student Spotlight series.

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Human breast cancer cells.

Startup gives surgeons a real-time view of breast cancer during surgery

The drug-device combination developed by MIT spinout Lumicell is poised to reduce repeat surgeries and ensure more complete tumor removal.

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High-resolution images of synapses and microtubules

A new method makes high-resolution imaging more accessible

Labs that can’t afford expensive super-resolution microscopes could use a new expansion technique to image nanoscale structures inside cells.

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Philip West sits outdoors at a restaurant beside a giant tap tower of beer.

Graduate Student Spotlight: Philip West

Chemistry Graduate Student Philip West describes his research and answers 20 random questions as part of the Graduate Student Spotlight series.

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MIT Schwarzman College of Computing launches postdoctoral program to advance AI across disciplines

The new Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support leading postdocs to bring cutting-edge AI to bear on research in scientific discovery or music.

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Scientists discover molecules that store much of the carbon in space

The discovery of pyrene derivatives in a distant interstellar cloud may help to reveal how our own solar system formed.

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Yang Shao-Horn smiles outdoors with the Boston skyline behind her.

Yang Shao-Horn to join the Chemistry Faculty

Shao-Horn, the JR East Professor of Engineering, will hold a joint appointment in Chemistry, alongside the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and DMSE.

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A new framework to efficiently screen drugs

Novel method to scale phenotypic drug screening drastically reduces the number of input samples, costs, and labor required to execute a screen.

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New snapshots of ancient life

The resolution revolution, beating “blobology”, and shedding light on how ancient microbes thrived in a primordial soup.

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