Harvard Scientist Connects the Dots in Fin-to-Limb Evolution
About 400 million years ago, vertebrates first began to crawl from the primordial seas onto land. Last week, thanks to a cutting-edge mathematical-analysis technique, a…
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Artificial Intelligence Helps Determine What Visual Neurons Like To See
Why do our eyes tend to be drawn more to some shapes, colors, and silhouettes than others? For more than half a century, researchers have…
New Proposal for Probing What Came Before the Big Bang
Most everybody is familiar with the Big Bang — the notion that an impossibly hot, dense universe exploded into the one we know today. But…
Scientists Document Summer Surge of Great White Sharks
They increasingly hunt in the waters off Cape Cod, and sometimes humans get in their way. Last summer, scientist Greg Skomal was one of them….
Scientists Uncover Genes That Control Whole-Body Regeneration
When it comes to regeneration, some animals are capable of amazing feats. If you cut off a salamander’s leg, it will grow back. When threatened,…
Genetic Secrets to Whole-Body Regeneration Uncovered
When it comes to regeneration, some animals are capable of amazing feats. If you cut off a salamander’s leg, it will grow back. When threatened,…
Stepping Inside Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
Cassiopeia A, the youngest known supernova remnant in the Milky Way, is the remains of a star that exploded almost 400 years ago. The star…
Liquid-Gated Membranes Filter Water With Higher Efficiency, Longer Time to Foul
Filtering and treating water, both for human consumption and to clean industrial and municipal wastewater, accounts for about 13 percent of all electricity consumed in…
Physical Exercise Improves Cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease
A study by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team finds that neurogenesis — inducing the production of new neurons — in the brain structure…
Scientists Use Acoustic Forces to Print Like Never Before
Harvard University researchers have developed a new printing method that uses soundwaves to generate droplets from liquids with an unprecedented range of composition and viscosity….
Scientists Discover Protein Responsible for Hearing and Balance
Scientists at Harvard Medical School say they have ended a 40-year-quest for the elusive identity of the sensor protein responsible for hearing and balance. The…
New Organ on a Chip Lets Researchers Study Effects of Drugs and Disease
The human brain is the most complex and delicate of all the body’s organs, and the one most in need of protection from toxins and…
New Test Helps Identify People at Risk for Five Deadly Diseases
A research team at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and Harvard Medical School (HMS) reports a new kind of…
Engineers Develop Multifunctional Flexible Robots Using MORPH System
Roboticists are envisioning a future in which soft, animal-inspired robots could be safely deployed in difficult-to-access environments, such as in delicate surgical procedures in the…
Link Between Individual Variation in Risk-Taking Behavior and Survival Revealed
For more than a century, scientists have understood that natural selection has profound effects on how an animal looks. Anole lizards that spend more time…
New 3D Printing Technique Enables Cheaper Patient-Specific Medical Research
New 3-D printing technique enables faster, better, and cheaper models of patient-specific medical data for research and diagnosis. What if you could hold a physical…
Tunable Diamond Strings Improve Quantum Memory
A quantum internet promises completely secure communication. But using quantum bits or qubits to carry information requires a radically new piece of hardware – a…
Exercise Stimulates the Heart to Make New Muscle Cells
Doctors, health organizations, and the U.S. surgeon general all agree that exercise is good for the heart. But the reasons why are not well understood….