Single-use plastics are a persistent source of environmental pollution, and the need to house a growing global population puts increasing […]
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Embedded in the body’s mucosal surfaces, proteins called lectins bind to sugars found on cell surfaces. A team led by […]
Around 2.3 billion years ago, a pivotal period known as the Great Oxidation Event set the evolutionary course for oxygen-breathing […]
How does the physical matter in our brains translate into thoughts, sensations, and emotions? It’s hard to explore that question […]
Ellie’s Pi Day post: https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/pi-day-2026-food-institute/ How Ellie orchestrated the baking of 30 pies: https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/behind-the-scenes-of-thirty-pies/
In the vision disorder amblyopia (or “lazy eye”), impaired vision in one eye early in life causes neural connections in […]
MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can spring up from a flat sheet of […]
Researchers at MIT and Microsoft have used artificial intelligence to create molecular sensors that could detect early signs of cancer […]
As people age, their immune function weakens. Owing to shrinkage of the thymus, where T cells normally mature and diversify, […]
Antibody treatments for cancer and other diseases are typically delivered intravenously, requiring patients to go to a hospital and potentially […]