MIT News

• Model predicts how to build a better stent January 4, 2009
  Researchers have been puzzled in recent years by observations that drug-releasing stents can increase blood clots and heart attacks. Now, a model developed by MIT engineers can predict whether particular types of stents are likely to cause life-threatening side effects.
• Douglas LaMay, EHS officer, 38 January 4, 2009
  Douglas LaMay, an officer with the Office of Environment, Health & Safety, died unexpectedly over the weekend. He was 38.
• The legacy of Larry Vale January 4, 2009
  As he steps down from what he good-naturedly calls "year seven of my four-year term as department head," Larry Vale takes satisfaction in what everyone in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning agrees has been a most productive term of office.
• Getting cells to pair off January 3, 2009
  MIT engineers have developed a new, highly efficient way to pair up cells so they can be fused together into a hybrid cell.
• Gold particles deliver more than just glitter December 29, 2008
  Using tiny gold particles and infrared light, MIT researchers have developed a drug-delivery system that allows multiple drugs to be released in a controlled fashion.