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Vaccination By Inhalation

Delivering vaccines directly to the lungs can boost immune responses to respiratory infections or lung cancer, study finds.

Surprise! Weaker Bonds Can Make Polymers Stronger

By adding weak linkers to a polymer network, chemists dramatically enhanced the material’s resistance to tearing.

Unraveling Connections Between The Brain And Gut

MIT engineers’ new technology can probe the neural circuits that influence hunger, mood, and a variety of diseases.

Chemists Discover Why Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Is So Efficient

The disorganized arrangement of the proteins in light-harvesting complexes is the key to their extreme efficiency.

How Tau Tangles Form In The Brain

A new study shows that truncated versions of the Tau protein are more likely to form the sticky filaments seen in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Study Finds Tracking Brain Waves Could Reduce Post-Op Complications

Distinctive EEG patterns indicate when a patient’s state of unconsciousness under general anesthesia is more profound than necessary.

Neuroscientists Identify Brain Circuit That Encodes Timing Of Events

Findings suggest this hippocampal circuit helps us to maintain our timeline of memories.

Model Analyzes How Viruses Escape The Immune System

Using this computational system, researchers can identify viral protein sequences that could make better vaccine targets.

Why Cancer Cells Waste So Much Energy

MIT study sheds light on the longstanding question of why cancer cells get their energy from fermentation.

A High-Resolution Glimpse Of Gene Expression In Cells

Expanding tissue samples before sequencing allows researchers to pinpoint locations of RNA molecules.

Machine-Learning Model Helps Determine Protein Structures

New technique reveals many possible conformations that a protein may take.

Chemists Boost Boron’s Utility

A strategy for preventing boron-containing compounds from breaking down could help medicinal chemists design new drugs.

Study Offers An Explanation For Why The APOE4 Gene Enhances Alzheimer’s Risk

The gene variant disrupts lipid metabolism, but in cell experiments the effects were reversed by choline supplements.

Study Reveals How Egg Cells Get So Big

Oocyte growth relies on physical phenomena that drive smaller cells to dump their contents into a larger cell.

Hitchhiking Vaccines Boost Immunity

New MIT vaccines that catch a ride to immune cell depots could help fight cancer and HIV.

High-Resolution Imaging With Conventional Microscopes

Tissue-expansion technique could allow scientists to map brain circuits.

Seeing RNA At The Nanoscale

Microscopy technique allows scientists to pinpoint RNA molecules in the brain.

MIT Team Enlarges Brain Samples, Making Them Easier To Image

New technique enables nanoscale-resolution microscopy of large biological specimens.

Method Offers Inexpensive Imaging At The Scale Of Virus Particles

Using an ordinary light microscope, researchers can now obtain images with unprecedented accuracy.

Making A Nobel-Winning Chemistry Reaction Even Better

New catalyst offers greater control over the synthesis of organic cyclic compounds, including potential cancer drugs.