Inspired by the sticky substance that barnacles use to cling to rocks, MIT engineers have…
pthomsonAugust 12, 2021
Every year, more than 200 million people are infected with malaria, and nearly 500,000 die…
pthomsonAugust 12, 2021
An axolotl is hard to call cute, exactly. Paired off in rows of numbered tanks…
pthomsonAugust 11, 2021
The body’s immune system can recognize and attack cancer cells, but when those are able…
pthomsonAugust 11, 2021
Biological engineers at MIT have devised a new way to efficiently edit bacterial genomes and…
pthomsonAugust 11, 2021
A protein that modifies RNAs, called METTL1, could be a target for treating some aggressive,…
pthomsonAugust 11, 2021
With the Delta variant wreaking havoc on unvaccinated populations and COVID-19 cases spiking around the…
pthomsonAugust 10, 2021
Pancreatic cancer, which affects about 60,000 Americans every year, is one of the deadliest forms…
pthomsonAugust 9, 2021
At the cellular level, the layout of the nervous system in any given C. elegans specimen is…
pthomsonAugust 6, 2021
