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- Eighteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2025-27Celebrating worm scienceStudy: High-fat diets make liver cells more likely to become cancerous3 Questions: Using computation to study the world’s best single-celled chemistsRNA editing study finds many ways for neurons to diversifyDeep-learning model predicts how fruit flies form, cell by cellMIT HEALS leadership charts a bold path for convergence in health and life sciencesA better DNA material for genetic medicineSchool of Science welcomed new faculty in 2024Alternate proteins from the same gene contribute differently to health and rare diseaseArtificial tendons give muscle-powered robots a boostSymposium examines the neural circuits that keep us alive and wellPhil Sharp-Alnylam Fund for Emerging Scientists to support MIT biology graduate students and facultyA new way to understand and predict gene splicingThe joy of life (sciences)Five with MIT ties elected to National Academy of Medicine for 2025Neural activity helps circuit connections mature into optimal signal transmittersSolar energy startup Active Surfaces wins inaugural PITCH.nano competitionMIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes 11 new faculty for 2025In a surprising discovery, scientists find tiny loops in the genomes of dividing cellsA new system can dial expression of synthetic genes up or downGene-Wei Li named associate head of the Department of BiologyImmune-informed brain aging research offers new treatment possibilities, speakers sayEngineered “natural killer” cells could help fight cancerA cysteine-rich diet may promote regeneration of the intestinal lining, study suggestsThe first animals on Earth may have been sea sponges, study suggestsHow federal research support has helped create life-changing medicinesInflammation jolts “sleeping” cancer cells awake, enabling them to multiply againA more precise way to edit the genomeThis MIT spinout is taking biomolecule storage out of the freezerStudy explains how a rare gene variant contributes to Alzheimer’s diseaseStudy finds cell memory can be more like a dimmer dial than an on/off switchRemembering David Baltimore, influential biologist and founding director of the Whitehead InstituteLocally produced proteins help mitochondria functionMapping cells in time and space: New tool reveals a detailed history of tumor growthStaff members honored with 2025 Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in ServiceScientists apply optical pooled CRISPR screening to identify potential new Ebola drug targetsHow to more efficiently study complex treatment interactionsFive MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2025MIT engineers uncover a surprising reason why tissues are flexible or rigidWhen Earth iced over, early life may have sheltered in meltwater pondsQS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2025-26von MIT News am 18. Juni 2025 um 23:01
Ranking at the top for the 14th year in a row, the Institute also places first in 11 subject areas.








































