They also found that obesity may put patients at higher risk for activation of the pathway. Drugs that block the pathway may help prevent metastasis.

MIT researchers developed a handheld system that gently collects living cells from patient samples to aid cancer testing and development of personalized medicines.

Made from “bioresorbable” materials, the new batteries could power capsules for drug delivery, sensing, and other applications.

A new device uses reconfigurable motion to mimic the firing behavior of a neuron, which could lead to more efficient computing.

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This patient-specific method, called xvr, helps doctors use X-rays for surgical navigation in fields such as orthopedics and neurosurgery.

Delivered at just the right time, this type of auditory stimulus can strengthen the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, which clears debris from the brain and keeps it healthy.

In the new method, cells package and export their RNA, enabling researchers to sequence and analyze the RNA without killing the cells.

This advance could be a big step toward developing a scalable, practical quantum computer.

Due to physical and fundamental limitations, an earlier proposal for producing laserlike beams of neutrinos cannot be achieved, scientists report.

A new study reveals insights into populations of neurons affected by Huntington’s disease, schizophrenia, addiction, and other disorders.

New research offers support for the possibility that complex biological molecules could exist in the highly acidic environment of Venus’s cloud layer.

MIT researchers find that activity in the brain’s language network is nearly identical in young and old people.

Researchers explore how a key factor can mitigate or promote tuberculosis transmission.

MIT researchers’ approach, which uses naturally occurring sugars as antifreeze, could make it easier for hospitals to deploy this type of cancer treatment.

The new framework could streamline the design process of robotic grippers or aerospace components that exhibit complex behaviors found in nature.

By wiring together colonies of these bacteria, the researchers built circuits that can perform complicated calculations.

Neuroscientists have discovered circuits in the prefrontal cortex that can be repurposed to store different types of information.

A new study by MIT researchers shows that inhibiting caspase-1 can reduce the risk of tumor growth.

MIT researchers discovered a cellular dance that may offer clues to the development of cancer, asthma, and other diseases.

The new technique could help scientists learn how the entire brain works to generate decisions and emotions.

A new online platform helps engineers look beyond survival mode when designing habitats for extreme living conditions.

The study could help scientists understand how superconductivity and other more complex phenomena emerge in quantum materials.

A new technique produces wafer-scale samples, overcoming a major roadblock to using these materials in quantum technologies.

Derived from patient tumor samples and available to researchers around the world, the cells will aid the development of new cancer treatments.

A new fabrication platform integrates molecules into electronic devices, opening the door to emerging computing technologies.

Gently stretching and pulling a “blood vessel on a chip” encourages controlled sprouting of new vessels, for possible use in artificial tissues or organs.

Researchers found a simple solution for extending the lifespans of LEDs made from glowing microscopic particles called quantum dots.

The new aerated material could enable longer-lasting bandages, implants, and wearable sensors.

A new study reveals that parts of the brain located far from the canonical language-processing centers are also involved in language comprehension.

Using modern tools, they also determined that carbon tetrachloride, used as a dry-cleaning and degreasing agent as early as the 1930s, was at the root of early ozone loss.

What’s more, the superconducting states get stronger under conditions expected to kill them.

After being swallowed, the devices could offer continuous monitoring of patients who are sick or at risk of hypothermia.

Their new gel-like drug formulation can coat the esophageal lining and release drugs that could help treat inflammatory conditions affecting the esophagus.

A new study shows people expect reciprocal generosity only in interactions with friends or others of equal social status.

MIT researchers have designed an ultrasound system that creates a real-time 3D representation of the object being imaged.

The cost-effective devices, which can be built in hours, leverage electrospray emitter technology to efficiently produce three-layered particles at scale.

The new design could offer a surgery-free alternative to traditional cardiac implants.

Biologists find highly concentrated droplets can help cells keep enzymes organized and control growth signals.

New MRI sensors developed at MIT sensitively detect target molecules in the brain and body.

Brain cells take in many signals through thousands of circuit connections. A new study discerns the rules that turn inputs into a functional arrangement for neurons that process vision.

Researchers use custom-built microscopy and nanotechnology to tag and follow the activity of individual proteins in real-time.

The brain’s language network is still evolving in adolescence. But by age 4, language processing is already handled by the left side of the brain, new research finds.

The discovery of dioxaborirane could expand the chemistry of boron-based reagents, providing new tools for oxidation reactions in synthesis and materials science.

A new method for precisely moving columns of individual atoms within a material could give rise to exotic quantum properties.

Researchers propose a challenge to the traditional view of how the brain uses its ability to categorize.

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