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School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards for winter 2025

MIT faculty and researchers receive many external awards throughout the year. The MIT School of Engineering periodically highlights the honors, prizes, and medals won by community members working in academic…

How J-WAFS Solutions grants bring research to market

For the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), 2025 marks a decade of translating groundbreaking research into tangible solutions for global challenges. Few examples illustrate that mission…

A brief history of expansion microscopy

Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons they had seen under the microscopes of the time.

Anders Sejr Hansen named Edgerton Award winner

Anders Sejr Hansen, Class of 1943 Career Development Professor in the Department of Biological Engineering, has been named as the recipient of the 2024-25 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award.

Engineered bacteria emit signals that can be spotted from a distance

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, these signals can only be detected by looking at the…

Could we store data in our DNA?

Engineers turn the body’s goo into new glue

Within the animal kingdom, mussels are masters of underwater adhesion. The marine molluscs cluster atop rocks and along the bottoms of ships, and hold fast against the ocean’s waves thanks…

MIT class takes students on a grand tour of the interdisciplinary world of biotech

In the fast-changing world of biotechnology, engineers need more than technical expertise — they need the ability to collaborate across disciplines, tackle complex problems, and define the challenges of tomorrow.

Professor William Thilly, whose research illuminated the effects of mutagens on human cells, dies at 79

William Thilly ’67, ScD ’71, a professor in MIT’s Department of Biological Engineering, died Dec. 24 at his home in Winchester, Massachusetts. He was 79. Thilly, a pioneer in the…

MIT affiliates awarded 2024 National Medals of Science, Technology

Four MIT faculty members are among 23 world-class researchers who have been awarded the nation’s highest honors for scientists and innovators, the White House announced today. Angela Belcher and Emery…