Gregory Stephanopoulos of MIT and Suk Cha-ok of Seoul National University speak at the Korean Society for Biotechnology and ...

The Mars we know today is a cold, dry world of dust and rocks. However, around 3.8–3.6 billion years ago, it may have looked ...

MIT researchers recreated a Venus-like stew of 98% sulfuric acid to test complex signaling molecules, like peptides, in the ...

Cambridge, Massachusetts—The Massachusetts Institute of Technology reopened a chemistry building Aug. 31 after closing it for several days after a hazardous material incident involving a graduate ...

A foundational chemistry concept found in textbooks for almost 100 years may have been taught incorrectly. Researchers say the inductive effect in neutral molecules appears to extend only across one ...

Using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to track molecular structure in high resolution, Hong’s team monitored three short peptides suspended in a 98% sulfuric acid solution. The molecules ...

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student's claim to have synthesized dimethylmercury — considered the most potent neurotoxin in the world — has kept a campus chemistry building closed ...

A grad student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology remains under medical supervision after potentially creating and exposing themselves to a dangerous neurotoxin. The university reported that ...

The student, who self-reported to the hospital last week, remains under medical care, MIT said Saturday in an emergency alert.

MIT officials said the student was not authorised to work with dimethyl mercury. A graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology triggered a major hazmat response after claiming to ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Building 18, or the chemistry building, which houses one of the largest labs on the campus, has been closed since Friday night for "specialized ...

A half-century after the Viking landers touched down on the Red Planet, the debate over whether they found signs of life continues. The tension was palpable at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as ...