By removing a few genes, inserting a gene from another organism and tinkering with the…
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A newly published study from a team of researchers found that cortical damage altered the…
Using a technique based on electron-beam lithography and a lift-off process, MIT scientists demonstrated the…
A team of MIT engineers have developed a new propulsion system that uses microscopic tips…
In a recently published study, MIT scientists show that implanted cells’ therapeutic properties depend on…
Using RNA-delivering nanoparticles that allow for rapid screening of new drug targets in mice, MIT…
MIT researchers believe engineers may be able design new bio-inspired materials by compiling and analyzing…
Modeled after an earthworm, Meshworm is a soft autonomous robot that moves via peristalsis, crawling…
A newly published study from MIT researchers details how the behavior of graphene can be…
In an effort to better understand the function of inhibitory neurons in the brain and…
A new study from MIT looks at what happens when the SIRT1 protein is missing…
A new study from scientists at MIT examined how temperature increases affect economic growth in…
Using a microfluidic system for simultaneously measuring single-cell mass and cell cycle progression over multiple…
A new study from MIT and Boston University scientists describes a new method of using…
In an effort to improve image-processing software, a team of researchers developed a new programming…
Using an initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) process, a team of scientists at MIT has…
Using a technique based on electromagnetically induced transparency, MIT and Harvard scientists have achieved the…
A newly published study from scientists at MIT describes their discovery of a bacterial gene…