Members of the biology community came together to honor and celebrate the contributions and many achievements of the department and its affiliates.

As atmospheric concentrations of CFC-11 drop, the global ocean should become a source of the chemical by the middle of next century.

The 21-digit solution to the decades-old problem suggests many more solutions exist.

Oocyte growth relies on physical phenomena that drive smaller cells to dump their contents into a larger cell.

C. elegans compares the ratio of wavelengths in its environment to avoid dangerous bacteria that secrete colorful toxins.

The gene variant disrupts lipid metabolism, but in cell experiments the effects were reversed by choline supplements.

A strategy for preventing boron-containing compounds from breaking down could help medicinal chemists design new drugs.

A new computational approach for analyzing complex datasets shows that as disease progresses, neurons and astrocytes lose the ability to maintain homeostasis.

Reducing internal losses could pave the way to low-cost perovskite-based photovoltaics that match silicon cells’ output.

Daniel Korsun’s undergraduate career at MIT prepared him to look more deeply into fusion magnet technology and design.