Researchers at MIT and Harvard are using new techniques to map changes in brain cells of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.
When it comes to reducing the rate of childhood obesity, school districts across the nation have tried a variety of programs to educate youngsters on the balance of eating and exercise.
Zheng Yan and colleagues from the University of Missouri have designed a soft, pliable material that can barely be felt on a person’s skin, allowing for optimal long-term health monitoring through wearable bioelectronics.
Researchers at Rice University have made a groundbreaking discovery, unraveling the intricate dynamics behind estrogen regulation in the body, which could set the stage for better breast cancer prevention therapies.
It should come as no surprise that grieving over a spouse can take a toll on the survivor’s mental and physical health, but new research indicates those who work after such a loss can face even more stress.
The nature of quantum computing is such that the noise that is part of the process can throw off measurements, thus increasing the error range.
In the midst of a rocky beginning to his stint as Lyft CEO, David Risher appears to be revising his position on the possibility of selling the company.
MIT researchers are discovering which parts of the brain are engaged when a person evaluates a computer program.
Researchers from MIT have made significant progress in understanding how the brain communicates using neural pathways, shedding new light on the brain's interpretation of the world.
A team of researchers from Rice University has used fluorescence lifetime (FLT) to understand a peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease, finding that protein plaques associated with disease are stickier than previously thought.
A team of scientists at Rice University has discovered a new enzyme with precision molecular control in directing specific molecules on how to arrange themselves right down to the angle of their individual hydrogen bonds that could lead to the development of better therapeutic options.
New research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has discovered that bacteria present in the lungs create an environment that suppresses the activation of cancer-killing T cells in the nearby lymph nodes, making immunotherapy treatments less effective.
Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have made significant strides in understanding how the thalamus communicates with the cerebral cortex, which produces perception based on sensory information it receives.
Researchers from MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) have developed a model to better predict the ease or difficulty at which individuals can comprehend sentences, building on the necessity for a unified account of difficulties in language comprehension, according to a recent report by MIT News.
Most people have heard the predictions that cities on the American coasts are in danger of being swallowed by the sea. A new finding by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could be key to helping engineers manage river restoration and coastal erosion.
Researchers from MIT have developed a specialized MRI sensor capable of detecting light deep within tissues, including the brain, MIT News said. With further development, it could be utilized to monitor patients undergoing light-based therapies for cancer.
Advances in quantum computing architecture have allowed researchers to demonstrate directional photon emission, the first step toward connecting large-scale devices.
A team of researchers has mapped out more than 300 protein kinases and their targets, which they hope ultimately could result in new leads for cancer therapeutics.
The human brain is an amazing organ that holds information in its working memory, which has been a mystery to researchers for decades — a team of neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may have recently unraveled part of that mystery, with a clue that may tell us how the brain holds information in working memory.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have devised a tool that can assist with identifying carbohydrate-binding proteins, a new MIT press release said.