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MIT Newsby Lillian Eden | Department of Biology27 Aug 2026
A protein’s function is determined by its structure, and structure — the way a protein folds — is determined by its sequence of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.
MIT Newsby Adam Zewe | MIT News27 Aug 2026
A new set of modular components allows users to create reconfigurable smart devices with electrical connections that keep working no matter which shape the structure forms.
MIT Newsby Chad Galts | Division of Student Life26 Aug 2026
A Colorado native who originally planned to attend college close to home, Sydney Baller decided to come to MIT for the strong academic community.
MIT Newsby Zach Winn | MIT News25 Aug 2026
A former MIT class project is becoming an $850 million effort to manufacture a new kind of aircraft in Ohio.
MIT Newsby Lily Keyes | MIT Sea Grant25 Aug 2026
Squid have occupied New England’s maritime imagination for centuries, from fishermen’s tales of strange tentacled creatures to the widely publicized giant squid reports along North Atlantic...
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News24 Aug 2026
Around 4.6 billion years ago, the solar system was little more than a giant ball of gas and dust.
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News24 Aug 2026
As people age, many cognitive functions tend to decline. Brain scanning studies have revealed corresponding changes in the function of a brain network that is involved in many of these cognitive...
MIT Newsby Elizabeth Durant | Division of Graduate and Undergraduate Education19 Aug 2026
“I think that a game can be made about anything,” says Kayode Dada, a rising senior majoring in mechanical engineering.
MIT Newsby Anne Wilson | Department of Mechanical Engineering19 Aug 2026
Creating innovations that can succeed in both emerging markets and in developed, higher-income markets requires a targeted, thoughtful design process.
MIT Newsby Edgerton Center19 Aug 2026
It turns out the best way to teach students how DNA works may be to start at the end. That’s the idea behind a hands-on curriculum from the MIT Edgerton Center: Teach proteins first so that...
MIT Newsby Zach Winn | MIT News19 Aug 2026
Concrete has served as the foundation of empires for thousands of years. Today, it’s one of the most common materials in the world.
MIT Newsby Nancy Wolfe Kotary | MIT Haystack Observatory18 Aug 2026
MIT Principal Research Scientist and Haystack Observatory Assistant Director Emerita Anthea J. Coster was awarded the prestigious Appleton Prize at the International Union of Radio Science (URSI)...
MIT Newsby Jason Sparapani | Department of Materials Science and Engineering17 Aug 2026
Innovation is a concept that has become mythologized in the modern era: what it is, how to manage it, how to teach it, and how to get it to work for us.
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