Findings could help researchers design drugs to treat influenza B infections.

Researchers find master regulator needed for Toxoplasma gondii parasite to chronically infect host; promising step toward infection treatment, prevention.

The MIT assistant professor is entranced by the beauty she finds pursuing chemistry.

Biologists devise an efficient method to prepare fluorescently tagged proteins and simulate their native environment.

A molecule that’s known for its smelly and poisonous nature on Earth may be a sure-fire sign of extraterrestrial life.

New technique for observing reaction products offers insights into the chemical mechanisms that formed them.

Researchers develop a method to isolate and sequence the RNA of T cells that react to a specific target.

Extremely large electric fields can prevent umbrella-shaped ammonia molecules from inverting.

Materials could be useful for delivering drugs or imaging agents in the body; may offer alternative to some industrial plastics.

MIT-developed method may lead to portable devices for making the disinfectant on-site where it’s needed.