Timothy M. Swager, a professor of chemistry and head of the department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was named this week as the winner of this year’s $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for ...

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — tiny particles that can release very bright colored light and are used in electronics and medical imaging.

Steve Fredette hails from a rural community in central Massachusetts that’s best known to me as home of a nice skiing area called Mount Wachusett. But that has not stopped Fredette from leaving town, ...

“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 ...

STOCKHOLM - An MIT professor is one of three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on tiny quantum dots. Moungi Bawendi, of MIT, Louis Brus, of Columbia University, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Houston-based Welch Foundation has named the two winners of its prestigious chemistry prize, giving the award to two scientists whose work has uncovered secrets about how proteins called enzymes ...

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 ...