Cody Daniel ’11 was a high school student looking for intricate pranks to play on his friends when he stumbled upon the history of hacks at MIT. “I found the subversive culture of MIT very exciting, ...

Biomedical engineering students Brandon Buscaglia and Marcus D’Aguiar are helping physicians see the invisible. The undergraduates developed a motorized stage and tracking prototype that works in ...

Toward the end of most cancer surgeries comes a race against the clock, as the surgeon faces a high-stakes decision. Take out too much healthy tissue along with the tumor, and a patient could require ...

It was a typical busy morning. A flurry of people in and out of my office along with a growing stack of slides. I picked up the next slide, a pap smear. The requisition stated “24 yo, routine pap.” ...

A pathology report is a medical document that gives information about a diagnosis, such as cancer. To test for the disease, a sample of your suspicious tissue is sent to a lab. A doctor called a ...

Scientists at UCLA have created a lens-free microscope that relies on a silicon chip found in smartphones and digital cameras. You can’t use it to snap a selfie, but it could help scientists detect ...

We met on social media after a Twitter chat on lung cancer. It was an unlikely connection — an artist on a long journey with cancer (Linnea) and a pathologist (Michael). But it is one we hope can be a ...