Discovery reveals that a protein normally involved in clearing cells of molecular debris can clump into fibrils, potentially hobbling cells
People with high levels of trust in government felt more secure in their jobs, had higher employer loyalty and were more likely to go out of their way to help co-workers, according to a recent study.
MU study shows government guarantees decreases amount of ‘income smoothing’ in financial reports.
Only one currently authorized antibody treatment retains its activity against all omicron subvariants, according to new research by scientists at Columbia University and the University of Hong Kong.
Prices paid to anesthesia practitioners increased after hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery centers contracted with a physician management company (PMC), and were substantially higher if the PMC received private equity (PE) investment, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Weill Cornell Medical College.
Rather than start from scratch after a failed attempt, the pick-and-place robot adapts in the moment to get a better hold.
New method for assessing pain and pain relief uncovers a neurological legacy of drug use, passed down genetically to male offspring
A new low-temperature growth and fabrication technology allows the integration of 2D materials directly onto a silicon circuit, which could lead to denser and more powerful chips.
A new method could provide detailed information about internal structures, voids, and cracks, based solely on data about exterior conditions.
Risk of severe maternal mortality for racial and ethnic minority women is three times as high as for non-Hispanic white women
Artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize the field of radiology as a tool to improve disease detection, diagnosis, and clinical care.
A collaborative research team from the MIT-Takeda Program combined physics and machine learning to characterize rough particle surfaces in pharmaceutical pills and powders.
New method for assessing pain and pain relief uncovers a neurological legacy of drug use, passed down genetically to male offspring
A team led by the Institute for Protein Design devised machine-learning algorithms that created light-emitting enzymes called luciferases.
In Kenya, property rights are granted more often by democratic regimes than by autocrats — but decisions tend to be politically motivated regardless of who’s in charge.
The drought that has enveloped southwestern North America for the past 22 years is the region’s driest megadrought—defined as a drought lasting two decades or longer — since at least the year 800, according to a new study in the journal Nature Climate Change.
MIT engineers’ new technique analyzes the 3D organization of the genome at a resolution 100 times higher than before.
In 1856, amateur scientist Eunice Newton Foote’s paper “Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun’s Rays,” was published in the American Journal of Science and Arts.
A long-term study from Bangladesh co-authored by MIT economist Clare Balboni presents a promising solution to chronic poverty in the developing world, suggesting that when rural poor people receive a one-time capital boost, it helps them accumulate assets, find better occupations and climb out of poverty.
A new study shows the carbon-capturing phytoplankton colonized the ocean by rafting on particles of chitin.