Newly Designed Nanoparticles Can Deliver Three Cancer Drugs at a Time
In a newly published study, MIT chemists detail how they designed nanoparticles that can deliver three cancer drugs at a time. Delivering chemotherapy drugs in…
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New Technique Allows Particles to Switch the Quantum State of Each Other
Researchers from MIT and Harvard University have developed a new technique that couples a lone atom with single light particle, allowing both the atom and…
Study Shows Nanoparticles in Consumer Products Can Damage DNA
Using high-speed screening technology to analyze DNA, a newly published study found that nanoparticles commonly added to consumer products can significantly damage DNA. Thousands of…
Fermi Data Reveal New Clues to Dark Matter
New maps from the Fermi-LAT Collaboration show that the galactic center produces more high-energy gamma rays than can be explained by known sources, suggesting that…
MIT Researchers Reverse a Rare Liver Disorder in Mice
In a newly published study, MIT researchers show that a new gene-editing technique, known as CRISPR, can reverse a rare liver disorder caused by a…
New System Filters Light Waves Based on Direction
Researchers from MIT have produced a system that allows light of any color to pass through only if it is coming from one specific angle….
Researchers Propose Using Distant Quasars to Test Bell’s Theorem
A team of researchers has proposed a practical scheme to use photons from causally disconnected cosmic sources to set the detectors in an experimental test…
Graphene Effectively Filters Electrons According to the Direction of Their Spin
New research from MIT shows that graphene can effectively filter electrons according to the direction of their spin, something that cannot be done by any…
A New Technique for Determining the Mass of Exoplanets
MIT researchers have developed a new technique for determining the mass of exoplanets using only their transit signal, helping researchers determine the mass of exoplanets…
Study Shows Creation of Entanglement Simultaneously Gives Rise to a Wormhole
In a newly published study, an MIT physicist details how the creation of two entangled quarks simultaneously gives rise to a wormhole connecting the pair….
Researchers Reveal How an Expanding Universe Can Emerge Without a “Big Bang”
In a new study, an international team of researchers mathematically describe how an expanding universe can emerge when time and space are heated, without requiring…
Mars “Shakes Up” Asteroid Surfaces
A new study from MIT researchers has found that Mars, like Earth, can “refresh” asteroid surfaces if in close enough contact. For nearly as long…
Scientists Develop a New Way to Kill Cancer Cells
By targeting mitochondria with the anticancer drug cisplatin, chemists have developed a new way to kill cancer cells that have shown resistance to cisplatin. Cisplatin…
Cloud-Chamber Experiments Show How Martian Clouds Form
Using the Aerosol Interaction and Dynamics in the Atmosphere facility in Germany, researchers were able to create clouds at the frigid temperatures typically found on…
How to Distinguish Habitable Worlds Apart from Lifeless Gas Giants
A new study demonstrates how to distinguish between cloudy mini-Neptunes and volatile-dominated super-Earths based on the differences in the wing steepness and relative depths of…
Harvard and MIT Scientists Create Never-Before-Seen Form of Matter
By binding photons together to form molecules, scientists from Harvard and MIT have created a never-before-seen form of matter. Harvard and MIT scientists are challenging…
Scientists Probe the Properties of a Fluctuating Magnetism Known as a Spin-Liquid State
A newly published study provides a detailed analysis of how herbertsmithite’s electrons respond to light, revealing a signature in the optical conductivity of the spin-liquid…
Researchers Use Graphene in Photodetectors
A newly published study details how graphene can be used in photodetectors to convert optical signals to electrical signals in integrated optoelectronic computer chips. Graphene…
