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<p>Using a DNA-based delivery particle, researchers created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2.</p>

MIT and Ragon Institute create SARS-CoV-2 vaccine using DNA particles for effective antibody response.

MIT and Ragon Institute create SARS-CoV-2 vaccine using DNA particles for effective antibody response.

Flat screen TVs that incorporate quantum dots are now commercially available, but it has been more difficult to create arrays of their elongated cousins, quantum rods, for commercial devices. Quantum rods can control both the polarization and color o

MIT engineers developed a way to create these arrays by scaffolding quantum rods onto patterned DNA, which could enhance VR devices.

Using scaffolds of folded DNA, MIT engineers assembled arrays of quantum rods with desirable photonic properties that could enable them to be used as highly efficient micro-LEDs for televisions or virtual reality devices.

During photosynthesis, chlorophyll in plants absorbs packets of energy called photons from the sun’s rays. This energy is then transferred to a...

MIT associate professor of chemistry Gabriela Schlau-Cohen uses ultrafast spectroscopy to studies the energy transfer that occurs inside plant leaves during photosynthesis.

Sherry Nyeo, an MIT senior majoring in computer science and molecular biology, studies RNA and plans to pursue a career in biotechnology. She participates in NEET and MIT Biotech Group and advises students through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).

MIT student Sherry Nyeo pursues computational biology with MIT's New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) Program, which opens up a vast network of researchers within bioengineering.