Can You Turn a Mouse into a Mammoth?
Imagine a world where once-extinct species roam the Earth again. That sounds a lot like something from Jurassic Park, right? Thanks to a groundbreaking achievement by biologists in Texas, the woolly...
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Blue Bee Baffles Biologists
When you think of a bee, what do you picture? If the image in your mind was of a blue insect doing handstands, you may be envisioning the world’s newest species of bee: Andrena androfovea. After...
Lewis College Welcomes Four New Faculty Members
Lewis College of Science and Letters is proud to introduce four new faculty members who join their respective departments ready to make a lasting impact on their students and advance their fields of...
Creating a Buzz
What can bumblebees teach us about the link between individuality, group behavior, and the brain? For Matthew Smith, who joined 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Technology as an assistant professor of biology at...
Lewis College Welcomes Three New Chairs
Lewis College of Science and Letters at 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Technology welcomed three new department chairs to their faculty at the beginning of the 2023–24 academic year. With a wide range of...
Getting to the Heart of the Problem: New Research Aims to Understand Cardiac Conditions
When it comes to keeping hearts pumping, 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Technology Research Assistant Professor Weikang Ma continues to show that he is prepared to make a significant impact. Ma has published a...
91ÖÆƬ³§ Tech Professors’ Paper Challenging Classical View of Muscle Contraction Could Lead to New Cardiac Treatments
CHICAGO—February 1, 2023—In a newly published paper, a team including two professors from 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Technology (91ÖÆƬ³§ Tech) have reported a new mechanism for muscle contraction that...
Healthier Hearts? 91ÖÆƬ³§ Tech Research Advances Potential Treatment for Cardiac Conditions
A team of researchers from 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Technology and the University of Washington is trying to change the way that the field of biology understands how muscles contract. In a paper...
Jennifer deWinter Appointed as New Lewis College Dean
91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Technology Interim Provost Kenneth T. Christensen has announced that Jennifer deWinter has been appointed as the new dean of Lewis College of Science and Letters, effective...
New NSF Grant Aims to Foster ‘Effective, Caring, and Empathetic’ Teachers Equipped with Anti-Racism Training
91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Technology has received a new $1.1 million National Science Foundation grant to fund scholarships for undergraduate students enrolled in the university’s joint bachelor of...