Reconstructing vertebrates rise from the water to land

Harvard scientists reconstruct evolution of limb-based motion in early tetrapods.

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science-technology faculty-of-arts-and-sciences fas nature stephanie-pierce graduate-school-of-arts-and-sciences gsas juan-siliezar department-of-organismic-and-evolutionary-biology blake-dickson humerus tetrapod-evolution water-to-land

Regulating the regulators

Tiny microRNAs help destroy unwanted messenger RNAs in cells. New research finds how the body keeps them in check.

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genetics crispr biology rna research whitehead-institute

Imaging method reveals a “symphony of cellular activities”

Fluorescent imaging technique simultaneously captures different signal types from multiple locations in a live cell.

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neuroscience research media-lab school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-engineering school-of-science brain-and-cognitive-sciences national-science-foundation-nsf national-institutes-of-health-nih biological-engineering koch-institute mcgovern-institute

Researchers decipher structure of promising battery materials

Family of compounds could someday be useful for fuel cells, supercapacitors, catalysts, and sensors.

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graphene sustainability energy biology research school-of-engineering school-of-science electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs materials-science-and-engineering

Small molecule, big potential for treating prostate cancer

MIT researchers identify a molecule that could target advanced prostate cancer as well as a variety of other cancers.

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medicine cancer research drug-development school-of-engineering national-institutes-of-health-nih biological-engineering koch-institute

Vibrations of coronavirus proteins may play a role in infection

Study suggests mechanical properties of spike proteins can predict infectivity and lethality of different coronaviruses.

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machine-learning medicine artificial-intelligence covid-19 biology pandemic health-care disease viruses research school-of-engineering civil-and-environmental-engineering national-institutes-of-health-nih mit-ibm-watson-ai-lab

SMART researchers develop gelatin microcarrier for cell production

Gelatin-based microcarriers offer higher yield and scalability compared to existing commercial microcarriers.

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medicine cancer biology research cells school-of-engineering materials-science-and-engineering dmse biological-engineering bioengineering-and-biotechnology singapore-mit-alliance-for-research-and-technology-smart

Chemists discover the structure of a key coronavirus protein

The protein, which acts as an ion channel, could be a target for new drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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chemistry covid-19 biology research school-of-science national-institutes-of-nih

Harvard alumna and researchers ID gene critical to floral nectar spurs

Researchers discover gene controlling nectar spur development, opening door for insights into evolution.

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science-technology faculty-of-arts-and-sciences fas juan-siliezar pnas department-of-organismic-and-evolutionary-biology elena-kramer evangeline-ballerini gregg-popovich proceedings-of-the-national-academies-of-sciences