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Physicists Watch As Ultracold Atoms Form A Crystal Of Quantum Tornadoes

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

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.

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.

Novel Drug Makes Mice Slim Even on Sugary, Fatty Diet

Compound limits magnesium transport in cellular power plants called mitochondria.

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.

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

Obesity in midlife and in women most closely linked to dementia

Increasing Brain Protein Could Be a Treatment for Obesity

Drug target that revs up energy expenditure, reduces appetite identified

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.

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.

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

Discovery allows scientists to study crucial intermediate in battery development.

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.

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.

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.

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.

New Computational Tool Predicts Cell Fates And Genetic Perturbations

The technique can help predict a cell’s path over time, such as what type of cell it will become.

Scientists Discover A Mysterious Transition In An Electronic Crystal

Thermal span in a layered compound promises applications in next-generation electrical switches and nonvolatile memory.

Study Suggests Words Are Needed To Think About Numbers

Among adults who vary in their knowledge of number words, the ability to reason about numbers is bound by the highest number they can count to.

Physicists Find Unusual Waves in Nickel-Based Magnet

Neutron scattering reveals coherent waves of ‘spin excitons’ in nickelate crystal

Strong Ultralight Material Could Aid Energy Storage, Carbon Capture

2D polymers likely candidates for large-scale multifunctional applications