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Probing How Proteins Pair Up Inside Cells

MIT biologists drilled down into how proteins recognize and bind to one another, informing drug treatments for cancer.

Why Are Comet Heads Green — But Not Their Tails?

An accidental discovery and a love of spectroscopic perturbations leads to the solution of a 90-year-old puzzle.

Vibrating Atoms Make Robust Qubits, Physicists Find

The new qubits stay in “superposition” for up to 10 seconds, and could make a promising foundation for quantum computers.

Physicists Discover “Secret Sauce” Behind Exotic Properties Of A New Quantum Material

New work on superconducting kagome metal will aid design of other unusual quantum materials, with many potential applications.

Encapsulation As A Method For Preventing Degradation In Li-Air Batteries

Discovery allows scientists to study crucial intermediate in battery development.

Babies Can Tell Who Has Close Relationships Based On One Clue: Saliva

Sharing food and kissing are among the signals babies use to interpret their social world, according to a new study.

Four With MIT Ties Honored With 2022 American Mathematical Society Prizes

Mathematics faculty Semyon Dyatlov, Michel Goemans, and Richard Stanley, along with David Williamson PhD ’93, receive AMS prizes.

Increasing Brain Protein Could Be a Treatment for Obesity

Drug target that revs up energy expenditure, reduces appetite identified

UT Health San Antonio Scientists Tie Obesity to Alzheimer’s-Related Genes

Obesity in midlife and in women most closely linked to dementia

Synthesis Too Slow? Let This Robot Do It.

Tiny Tides is an automated fast-flow instrument that can synthesize peptide-nucleic acids in a single shot.

Novel Drug Makes Mice Slim Even on Sugary, Fatty Diet

Compound limits magnesium transport in cellular power plants called mitochondria.

In Down Syndrome Cells, Genome-Wide Disruptions Mimic A Senescence-Like State

Extra chromosome alters chromosomal conformation and DNA accessibility in neural progenitor cells; study establishes senescence as a potentially targetable mechanism for future treatment.

Seeing The Plasma Edge Of Fusion Experiments In New Ways With Artificial Intelligence

MIT researchers are testing a simplified turbulence theory’s ability to model complex plasma phenomena using a novel machine-learning technique.

Physicists Watch As Ultracold Atoms Form A Crystal Of Quantum Tornadoes

The new observations record a key crossover from classical to quantum behavior.

Predator Interactions Chiefly Determine Where Prochlorococcus Thrive

New findings may help researchers hone predictions for where phytoplankton will migrate with climate change.

Scientists Build New Atlas Of Ocean’s Oxygen-Starved Waters

The 3D maps may help researchers track and predict the ocean’s response to climate change.

Studying Consciousness Without Affecting It

A new study tests an alternative to external stimulation for measuring when subjects lose and regain responsiveness during sedation and anesthesia.

A Message To Meteorite Hunters: Put Down Your Magnets!

A new study shows that simple hand magnets erase a meteorite’s magnetic memory.

Men with Obesity Can Double Their Sperm Count

Men with obesity can double their sperm count if they lose weight and maintain the weight loss. This is the conclusion in a new study by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Hvidovre Hospital.