Preliminary studies indicate that derivatives of verticillin A can kill certain types of glioma cells. MIT chemists have, for ...

Matthew D. Shoulders, a leading expert in protein folding and engineering, has been appointed head of MIT’s Department of Chemistry, effective January 16, 2026. A MacVicar Faculty Fellow and Broad ...

Even for 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry co-laureate Moungi Bawendi, “science is hard” and sometimes involves repeatedly banging your head against the wall. Last Thursday, Bawendi, a professor of ...

As part of its effort to promote science education, Dow Chemical has set up a minority-focused program with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has established a fellowship at Texas A&M ...

Massachusetts Institut e of Technology has just issued a strikingly candid department-by-department study of the racial composition of its faculty. It documents the bias and barriers that have ...

Enrollment for Black and Latino students dropped at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the first class formed after the Supreme Court found race-conscious admissions in colleges ...

Fentanyl is a synthetic drug. That means it’s not created from plants like marijuana or cocaine, but rather entirely from chemicals. Fentanyl can be easy to make using compounds known as “precursors.” ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amide Technologies, a leading biotech company specializing in the synthesis of complex peptides, announced today the appointment of Dr. Brad Pentelute as its new CEO ...

“With the rising prevalence of cancers and metabolic disorders, coupled with increasing investments in novel drug research and development, the demand for peptide therapeutics is surging. However, the ...

Pro-Palestinian protesters Monday night retook an encampment that had been mostly emptied that day after administrators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology brokered an agreement with students ...