This scientist is trying to stop a lab-created global disaster
This scientist is trying to stop a lab-created global disaster “We are walking forwards blind,” Esvelt told me recently, chastising his field. “We are opening boxes without thinking about consequences....
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System would use microbes for manufacturing small amounts of vaccines and other therapies A new, portable production system is designed to manufacture a range of biopharmaceuticals on demand. The...
View ArticleFour MIT professors named inaugural Faculty Scholars
New program from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Simons Foundation, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports early-career scientists. Clockwise from top left: MIT professors Ed Boyden,...
View ArticleBold research visions recognized and rewarded
Four proposals from six MIT faculty members to receive Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants. Four proposals from six MIT faculty members, pictured here, have been awarded Professor Amar G. Bose...
View ArticleChemical engineers boost bacteria’s productivity
Chemical engineers boost bacteria’s productivity: New technique improves yield of useful chemicals. “The challenge is to engineer a system where we get enough growth to have a productive microbial ‘...
View ArticleTaking aim at a key malaria molecule
Taking aim at a key malaria molecule : Measuring the parasite’s heme levels could help scientists develop better antimalarial drugs. A team of MIT biological engineers has developed a method to...
View ArticleMakerspaces could enable widespread adoption of microfluidics
Makerspaces could enable widespread adoption of microfluidics: Lincoln Laboratory researchers propose an alternative to expensive microfluidics fabrication facilities. Microfluidic devices for...
View ArticleBacteria with multicolor vision
Bacteria with multicolor vision: Red, green, and blue light can be used to control gene expression in engineered E. coli. Researchers produced colored images on culture plates by using red, green, and...
View ArticleMicrofluidics for the masses
Microfluidics for the masses: New open-source website features blueprints for lab-on-a-chip devices. Metafluidics.org, a new MIT open-source website, supplies blueprints for microfluidic parts....
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