Pregnancy in space: studying stem cells in zero gravity may determine whether it’s safe

Avoid while pregnant or trying to conceive: smoking, drinking, space travel.

Emmanouil Karteris, Reader in Biomedical Sciences, Brunel University London • conversation
Sept. 6, 2022 ~7 min

Researchers: Exercise Best Tool Against Aging

VOA Learning English • voa
Sept. 5, 2022 ~6 min


Inching Parkinson’s into the light

Vikram Khurana, discussed recent advances and new, individualized approaches to Parkinson’s, as well as implications of the recent findings.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Sept. 2, 2022 ~12 min

Using machine learning to identify undiagnosable cancers

A new model that maps developmental pathways to tumor cells may unlock the identity of cancers of unknown primary.

Bendta Schroeder | Koch Institute • mit
Sept. 1, 2022 ~8 min

Axolotls can regenerate their brains – these adorable salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration

Axolotls are amphibians known for their ability to regrow their organs, including their brains. New research clarifies their regeneration process.

Ashley Maynard, PhD Candidate in Quantitative Developmental Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich • conversation
Sept. 1, 2022 ~8 min

To fight Huntington’s disease, fix the glia?

Huntington's disease may result from defects in support cells called glia, say researchers. The discovery may put new therapies in reach.

Mark Michaud-Rochester • futurity
Sept. 1, 2022 ~6 min

A simple way to significantly increase lifetimes of fuel cells and other devices

MIT researchers find that changing the pH of a system solves a decades-old problem.

Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Aug. 31, 2022 ~8 min

FTC lawsuit spotlights a major privacy risk: From call records to sensors, your phone reveals more about you than you think

Even a burner phone paid for with cash can reveal your identity and where you’ve been. A data privacy expert explains.

Susan Landau, Professor of Cyber Security and Policy, Tufts University • conversation
Aug. 30, 2022 ~9 min


When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill, they often have an accomplice – bacterial infections

Coinfections with bacteria can make viral infections even deadlier. Researchers have identified a protein in immune cells that may play a role in fighting both types of pathogens.

Hayley Muendlein, Research Assistant Professor of Immunology, Tufts University • conversation
Aug. 17, 2022 ~8 min

Living LEGOs

Mathematical modeling speeds up the process of programming bacterial systems to self-assemble into desired 2D shapes.

Sandi Miller | Department of Mathematics • mit
Aug. 15, 2022 ~5 min

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