New Strategy Makes Bacteria More Vulnerable to Antibiotics
Scientists at MIT have discovered a way to make bacteria more vulnerable to a class of antibiotics known as quinolones, which include ciprofloxacin and are…
Scientists at MIT have discovered a way to make bacteria more vulnerable to a class of antibiotics known as quinolones, which include ciprofloxacin and are…
A team of astronomers, including two from MIT, has detected the most distant supermassive black hole ever observed. The black hole sits in the center…
Engineers from MIT have developed a 3D printing technique that uses a new kind of ink made from genetically programmed living cells. The cells are…
“Two-dimensional materials” — materials deposited in layers that are only a few atoms thick — are promising for both high-performance electronics and flexible, transparent electronics…
A new study from MIT provides evidence for an alternative timekeeping system that relies on the neurons responsible for producing a specific action. Depending on…
Plasmas, gas-like collections of ions and electrons, make up an estimated 99 percent of the visible matter in the universe, including the sun, the stars,…
Physicists at MIT and Harvard University have demonstrated a new way to manipulate quantum bits of matter. In a paper published today in the journal…
Engineers at MIT have developed a new desktop 3D printer that performs up to 10 times faster than existing commercial counterparts. Whereas the most common…
Scientists at MIT have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into useful fuels for…
Whitehead Institute has illuminated an important role for different subtypes of muscle cells in orchestrating the process of tissue regeneration. In a paper appearing online…
Using a new process of laser cooling, MIT physicists have invented a new technique to cool atoms into condensates faster than the conventional method while…
Doctors have many drugs available to treat multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. However, there is no way to predict, by genetic markers or…
After a flu virus infects a host cell and hijacks its inner workings to create copies of itself, these copies gather into viral buds that…
For the first time, physicists have developed a technique that can peer deep beneath the surface of a material to identify the energies and momenta…
Researchers from MIT have created a material that provides optically-controlled long-term storage and release of thermal energy. In large parts of the developing world, people…
New research from MIT shows that intestinal bacteria can stop a high-salt diet from inducing inflammatory response linked to hypertension. Microbes living in your gut…
A drop or two of cold cream in hot coffee can go a long way toward improving one’s morning. But what if the two liquids…
Using a new delivery system, researchers from MIT have developed nanoparticles that can deliver the CRISPR genome-editing system and specifically modify genes, eliminating the need…