Secret to treating ‘Achilles’ heel’ of alternatives to silicon solar panels revealed

A team of researchers from the UK and Japan has found that the tiny defects which limit the efficiency of perovskites – cheaper alternative materials for solar

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 24, 2022 ~6 min

Impending demise of Roe v. Wade puts a spotlight on a major privacy risk: 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
May 23, 2022 ~9 min


Immune cell characteristics mapped across multiple tissues

Previously underexplored immune cell populations have been genetically mapped across multiple tissues to provide new insights into how our immune systems work.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 13, 2022 ~5 min

Study finds cells take out the trash before they divide

Cells may use this strategy to clear out toxic byproducts and give their offspring a clean slate.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 10, 2022 ~7 min

Tracing a cancer’s family tree to its roots reveals how tumors grow

Family trees of lung cancer cells reveal how cancer evolves from its earliest stages to an aggressive form capable of spreading throughout the body.

Greta Friar | Whitehead Institute • mit
May 5, 2022 ~9 min

Using excess heat to improve electrolyzers and fuel cells

New technology could help generate hydrogen and chemical industry ingredients.

Matthew Hutson | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering • mit
April 26, 2022 ~7 min

Why we can't 'boost' our way out of the COVID-19 pandemic for the long term

Research suggests that too-frequent immunizations may lead to a phenomenon called “immune exhaustion.”

Mitzi Nagarkatti, Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina • conversation
April 15, 2022 ~9 min

Hydrogel boosts ‘attack power’ of cells that fight cancer

A hydrogel appears to offer a temporary, hospitable environment that helps activate modified immune cells attack cancer.

Stanford • futurity
April 12, 2022 ~8 min


10 factors affect the ‘birth order’ of brain cells

A study of brain cell types in the visual system of fruit flies uncovers similarities with human brain development and could hold clues to regenerative medicine.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
April 7, 2022 ~7 min

How cells use ‘tentacles’ to move around our bodies

New findings clarify how cells use octopus-like tentacles called filopodia to move around in our bodies.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
March 29, 2022 ~5 min

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