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Design of miniature optical systems could lead to future cell phones that can detect viruses and more. In work that could someday turn cell phones into sensors capable of detecting viruses and other minuscule objects, MIT researchers, including a principal research scientist from the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science…

Researchers, including an IMES faculty member, have developed a new type of adhesive that works in wet environments and hardens when a voltage is applied to it. A team of researchers, including a core faculty member at IMES, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has developed a device…

Alex K. Shalek, a core faculty member of the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), an associate professor of Chemistry, and an extramural member of The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, has been honored with an Avant-Garde (DP1 Pioneer) Award from the National Institute for…

Single-cell analysis of autopsy samples from COVID-19 patients shows how the lungs repeatedly tried, and failed, to repair themselves. Scientists from several hospitals and research centers, including from the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), have shown what happens in individual cells of patients who died of COVID-19….

With synthetic biology and AI, Jim Collins takes on this pandemic—and the next In late January, just as he was stepping on stage to tape a TED video in New York, Jim Collins learned that the new respiratory virus discovered in Wuhan, China, was infectious in asymptomatic people. “I turned…

International study reveals gut bacteria from people in industrialized societies swap genes at much higher rates. Thousands of different bacterial species live within the human gut. Most are beneficial, while others can be harmful. A new study from an MIT-led team has revealed that these bacterial populations can remake themselves…

A leader in thermodynamics, heat transfer, cryopreservation of biomaterials, and energy conversion, Cravalho shaped thermodynamic and biomedical education at MIT, and was a past associate director of HST. Ernest “Ernie” Cravalho, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at MIT, passed away on Tuesday, April 13, at the age of 82. Cravalho…

Fellowship recipients include 6 from HST and IMES—the awards fund graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants. An MIT senior and eight MIT graduate students are among the 30 recipients of this year’s P.D. Soros Fellowships for New Americans. In addition to senior Fiona Chen, MIT’s newest Soros…

Using deep convolutional neural networks, researchers devise a system that quickly analyzes wide-field images of patients’ skin in order to more efficiently detect cancer. Melanoma is a type of malignant tumor responsible for more than 70 percent of all skin cancer-related deaths worldwide. For years, physicians have relied on visual…

Fifteen new professors, including a new IMES faculty member, join the MIT community. The School of Engineering is welcoming 15 new faculty members to its departments, institutes, labs, and centers. With research and teaching activities ranging from the development of robotics and AI technologies to the modeling and optimization of renewable…