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A new study from MIT reveals what happens in the brain as momentary failures of attention occur due to sleep deprivation.

This is your brain without sleep

October 30, 2025

New research shows attention lapses due to sleep deprivation coincide with a flushing of fluid from the brain — a process that normally occurs during sleep.

Top row, left to right: Masha Folk, Sophia Henneberg, Omar Khattab, and Tania Lopez Silva. Bottom row, left to right: Ethan…

School of Engineering welcomes new faculty in 2024-25

October 29, 2025

The newest MIT engineering faculty, including at IMES, are conducting research across a diverse range of subject areas.

Ioannis Yannis

Professor Ioannis Yannas, pioneer of regenerative medicine who invented artificial skin for the treatment of severe burns, dies at 90

October 28, 2025

A beloved member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering for nearly 60 years, and an HST faculty member, Yannas helped saved the lives of thousands of burn victims through his research and innovation.

Emily Loveland

IMES community profile: Emily Loveland

October 28, 2025

Emily Loveland is an HST Academic Programs Specialist who enjoys working with students, and tackles a wide range of duties for the HST academic office.

MIT experiments have revealed the existence of “microcompartments,” shown in yellow, within the 3D structure of the genome…

In a surprising discovery, scientists find tiny loops in the genomes of dividing cells

October 20, 2025

Enabled by a new high-resolution mapping technique, the findings overturn a long-held belief that the genome loses its 3D structure when cells divide.

Tanya Lopez Silva

Three questions for Tania Lopez Silva: Developing advanced biomaterials for biomedical applications

September 26, 2025

Tania Lopez Silva designs advanced biomaterials that mimic and interact with the immune system and other biological environments.

Joshua Marchant

IMES community profile: Joshua Marchant

September 25, 2025

HST MEMP student Joshua Marchant is working on the development of a novel MRI-informed computational modeling strategy with the ability to predict the local distribution of intravenously delivered drugs in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)

Lonnie's new spacesuit

Meet the gravity suit

September 23, 2025

From the Aerospace Physiology Lab, led by IMES core faculty member Lonnie Petersen, comes new research that will help keep astronauts safe in spaceflight

Regina Barzilay

MIT researchers develop AI tool to improve flu vaccine strain selection

August 29, 2025

VaxSeer uses machine learning to predict virus evolution and antigenicity, aiming to make vaccine selection more accurate and less reliant on guesswork.

IMES community profile August 2025

IMES community profile: Shaniel Bowen

August 29, 2025

Biomedical engineer Shaniel Bowen combines research into female sexual anatomy and health, with steering young women toward STEM careers.

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