Researchers have designed a vaccine printer that can produce COVID-19 mRNA vaccines on the go, as part of the intense effort to get more people inoculated. Published on April 24 in Nature Biotechnology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists said their current vaccine printer prototype can produce 100 thumbnail-sized patches in 48 hours, with the…

A group of researchers from MIT, Harvard University, and facilities in Italy and Switzerland has made significant progress in uncovering ancient concrete-manufacturing processes that included numerous crucial self-healing features. The findings were reported in Science Advances in an article co-authored by MIT professor of civil and environmental engineering Admir Masic, former doctoral student Linda Seymour,…

Matthew Shoulders grew up in the Appalachian Mountains on a small Virginia farm where he and his five siblings were homeschooled. His father was an accounting professor at Virginia Tech, and his grandfather was a chemistry professor, inspiring Matt’s interest in the subject to which he would dedicate his career. Matt attended Virginia Tech as…