HST.426 Maker Lab Showcase – May 18
If you can’t join us in person, please tune in to FaceBook Live for the event on May 18: https://www.facebook.com/imesmit/ To learn more about the HST.426 class, check out the class website: http://akyoung.scripts.mit.edu/makerlab/.
Read MoreNational Academy of Sciences elects six MIT professors
Bell, Bhatia, Cummins, Duflo, Jensen, and Mavalvala honored for research achievements. Six MIT faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.” MIT’s six new NAS members are: Stephen Bell, a professor of biology; Sangeeta…
Read MoreScientists unveil CRISPR-based diagnostic platform
New system adapts tool known for gene editing; to be used in rapid, inexpensive disease diagnosis. A team of scientists from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science at MIT, and the Wyss Institute for…
Read MoreHelena de Puig Guixe and Tony Kulesa Named 2016/2017 Broshy Fellows
The Broshy Fellowship recipients named for the 2016/2017 award season were Helena de Puig Guixe, a Mechanical Engineering PhD student working in the Gerhke Lab with Professor Lee Gehrke, and Tony Kulesa, a Biological Engineering PhD student working with Professor Paul Blainey in the Blainey Lab. The Broshy Fellowship, named for Eran…
Read MoreApp screens for arrhythmia using smartphone camera
Startup develops app to detect irregular heartbeats that can cause strokes. The signs of certain diseases or health conditions can sometimes appear on people’s faces: Pale eyelids may indicate anemia, a yellow tinge to the skin could signal jaundice, and cracked lips may be a warning sign of diabetes. Now…
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