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MIT Engineers Boost Signals From Fluorescent Sensors

The advance allows the particles to be placed deeper within biological tissue, which could aid with cancer diagnosis or monitoring.

Toward Customizable Timber, Grown In A Lab

Researchers show they can control the properties of lab-grown plant material, which could enable the production of wood products with little waste.

Uncovering The Mental Health Impacts Of COVID-19 In Low- And Middle-Income Countries

A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Mushfiq Mobarak investigated how mental health fared after the pandemic arrived in eight low- and middle-income countries, and found signs of a sharp, and lasting, deterioration. Now he is training his sights on possible solutions.

Researchers Unveil A Secret Of Stronger Metals

Study shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties.

Early in mpox Outbreak, Access to Vaccines Was Unequal Across Racial Groups

Yale researchers found mpox vaccine distribution was in proportion to cases at the peak of the outbreak, but Black and Hispanic populations had less access.

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Patients’ Race From Their Medical Images

Study shows AI can identify self-reported race from medical images that contain no indications of race detectable by human experts.

Research Suggests Avenues Toward Gene Therapies for Polycystic Kidney Disease

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common potentially lethal genetic disease—about a half million people in the United States alone suffer from the condition.

Charting A Safe Course Through A Highly Uncertain Environment

A new technique can safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter.

A New Approach to Optical Sensing, an Increasingly In-Demand Technology

In the past decade, optical sensing tasks have become more demanding. As a result, it has become critical to build miniaturized, inexpensive sensors that can be integrated on-chip to enable mobile applications in smart phones, autonomous vehicles, robots, and drones.

On The Road To Cleaner, Greener, And Faster Driving

Researchers use artificial intelligence to help autonomous vehicles avoid idling at red lights.

3 Questions: Daniel Anderson On The Progress Of Mrna Vaccines

Following the successful development of vaccines against Covid-19, scientists hope to deploy mRNA-based therapies to combat many other diseases.

Ultrathin Fuel Cell Uses The Body’s Own Sugar To Generate Electricity

Engineers have developed a glucose power source that could fuel miniature implants and sensors.

Study Finds Cells Take Out The Trash Before They Divide

Cells may use this strategy to clear out toxic byproducts and give their offspring a clean slate.

Compete or Cooperate with ‘Dr. Google’? Small Animal Veterinarians’ Attitudes towards Clients’ Use of Internet Resources — A Comparative Study across Austria, Denmark and the UK

Owners of dogs, cats, and other companion animals increasingly make use of the internet to find out how to best care for their animals.

Team Creates Map For Production Of Eco-Friendly Metals

New understanding of metal electrolysis could help optimize production of metals like lithium and iron.

Will the use of domesticated animals in rewilding projects compromise animal welfare?

Increasingly, domesticated herbivores, typically horses or cattle, are used in European rewilding projects to help restore missing or dysfunctional ecological processes.

Small Molecule Transports Iron In Mice, Human Cells To Treat Some Forms Of Anemia

A natural small molecule derived from a cypress tree can transport iron in live mice and human cells that lack the protein that normally does the job,

Solar-Powered Chemistry Uses Carbon Dioxide And Water To Make Feedstock For Fuels, Chemicals

Producing synthesis gas, a precursor of a variety of fuels and chemicals, no longer requires natural gas, coal or biomass

Running, Dreaming Improve Left Brain-Right Brain Communication

You’re out jogging and suddenly notice a low-hanging tree branch in your path. You quickly lower your head, narrowly avoiding the branch, and continue on the run without giving it another thought.

Ending a 50-Year Mystery, UVA Reveals How Bacteria Can Move

School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators have solved a decades-old mystery about how E. coli and other bacteria are able to move.