Measuring cancer cell state can reveal drug susceptibility

Study results also show that pancreatic tumor cells can be forced into a more susceptible state by changing their environment.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 9, 2021 ~8 min

A century of tragedy: How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway

Burning leaded gasoline releases toxic lead into the environment, and for 100 years people around the world have been dealing with the health effects. How did a century of toxic fuel come to be?

Bill Kovarik, Professor of Communication, Radford University • conversation
Dec. 8, 2021 ~9 min


How changing levels of iron shaped the evolution of life on Earth – and why alien hunters should take note

Life doesn’t just need water and oxygen to thrive, it also needs iron.

Jon Wade, Associate Professor of Planetary Materials, University of Oxford • conversation
Dec. 7, 2021 ~8 min

Taking some of the guesswork out of drug discovery

A deep learning model rapidly predicts the 3D shapes of drug-like molecules, which could accelerate the process of discovering new medicines.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 6, 2021 ~7 min

Miniature grinding mill closes in on the details of ‘green’ chemical reactions

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new approach for observing mechanochemical reactions — where simple ingredients are ground up to

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 30, 2021 ~4 min

How molecular clusters in the nucleus interact with chromosomes

A new study finds the clusters form small, stable droplets and may give the genome a gel-like structure.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 24, 2021 ~6 min

Getting quantum dots to stop blinking

New approach solves a persistent problem of intermittency that has hindered use of the tiny light emitters for biological imaging or quantum photonics.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 22, 2021 ~7 min

Why do frozen turkeys explode when deep-fried?

Deep-fried turkeys are delicious, but making one can be dangerous. The scientific reason for fiery Thanksgiving mishaps? A difference in the densities of ice, water and oil.

Kristine Nolin, Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Richmond • conversation
Nov. 18, 2021 ~6 min


Team creates ‘elusive’ poppy molecule in the lab

Researchers report synthesizing setigerumine I, an alkaloid molecule found in trace amounts in the poppy family Papaveraceae.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Nov. 16, 2021 ~5 min

This light-powered catalyst mimics photosynthesis

The new molecule can improve the yield of reactions for generating pharmaceuticals and other useful compounds.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 15, 2021 ~7 min

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