Anne Trafton | MIT News As people age, their immune system function declines. T cell populations become smaller and can’t react to pathogens as quickly, making people more susceptible to a variety of infections. To…
Jennifer Chu | MIT News During early development, tissues and organs begin to bloom through the shifting, splitting, and growing of many thousands of cells. A team of MIT engineers has now developed a way…
An archaeological site possibly dating to a period prior to the birth of Christ has been discovered in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman Province, according to a statement released on Sunday by the Provincial Department…
Online short-form video has shifted from a light distraction to a constant backdrop in many children’s lives. What used to fill a spare moment now shapes how young people relax, communicate and form…
Scientists are working diligently to assess the scale of microplastic pollution and its potential impacts on human and environmental health. Research suggests that microplastics themselves may be harmful to biological systems and are…
An unprecedented discovery has surprised researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in the state of Tamaulipas. During a recent review of bone materials at the Balcón de Montezuma archaeological…
Observations made with the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have produced an unprecedented gallery of “debris disks” in exoplanetary systems. Gaël Chauvin (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy), SPHERE project scientist and…
Anne Trafton | MIT News A noninvasive method for measuring blood glucose levels, developed at MIT, could save diabetes patients from having to prick their fingers several times a day. The MIT team used Raman…
Many people believe that we humans have conquered nature through the wonders of civilization and technology. Some also believe that because we are different from other creatures, we have complete control over our…
Acid rain from fossil fuel pollution may be quietly training soil bacteria to become longer-lived, more transmissible, and more deadly, according to a new study in the journal New Contaminants that tracks how a notorious…