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Lanie McKinney’s current work pairs the plasma reactor with an oxygen-selective membrane designed to extract oxygen rapidly. Here she looks at the voltage and current waveforms for her plasma reactor.

Fueling a return journey from Mars

A study from SMART's antimicrobial resistance research group sheds new light on how bacteria use RNA modification to control protein production, opening new avenues to study bacterial adaptation and identify future targets for antimicrobial therapeutics. Here, SMART researchers operate their RNA modification profiling platform.

A new understanding of how enzymes influence bacterial protein production

The “New World of Weather” project, one of MIT’s five Climate Grand Challenges announced in 2022, is “advancing the science, technologies, and practical strategies needed to help communities anticipate [extreme weather] and build greater resilience,” says MIT Vice President for Energy and Climate Evelyn Wang.

MIT researchers are mapping extreme weather risks — and building tools to act on them

U.S. News and World Report has designated MIT as the No. 1 school in its annual rankings of the nation’s best universities, announced today.

MIT named the nation’s top university by U.S. News for 2026-27

MIT researchers have developed a handheld device capable of gently collecting living cells from specific locations to test for ovarian and many other types of cancer.

New cell-collection device could improve early cancer detection

Alex Slocum, the Walter M. and A. Hazel May Professor of Mechanical Engineering, takes a fun approach to the subject matter in class 2.70 (Fundamentals of Precision Product Design).

FUNdaMENTALs of precision design