Items tagged with MIT

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Astronomers Crack Longstanding Lunar Mystery Friday, January 16th, 2009 - 16:24:08 - Anuradha Menon The collection of rocks that the Apollo astronauts brought back from the moon carried with it a riddle that has puzzled scientists since the early... read more

Do-it-Yourself Biology Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 - 12:08:19 - Anuradha Menon Building a cell from scratch is a lot more complicated than building a computer. But that's just what synthetic biologists, including many at MIT... read more

DNA Repair can Lead to Retinal Degeneration Saturday, January 10th, 2009 - 18:24:06 - Anuradha Menon A naturally occurring DNA repair system that normally protects cells from damage can cause retinal degeneration and blindness when overstimulated... read more

Watch a Star Explode in 3D Friday, January 9th, 2009 - 18:14:20 - Anuradha Menon Using views captured by several orbiting and ground-based telescopes, an MIT researcher and her colleagues have produced the first fully... read more

Catch The Wave Thursday, December 18th, 2008 - 10:41:17 - Anuradha Menon MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean... read more

Ancient Bacteria Attacks Cystic Fibrosis Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 - 10:03:44 - Anuradha Menon MIT researchers have found that the pigments responsible for the blue-green stain of the mucus that clogs the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients... read more

Nanotubes Sniff Out Cancer Agents Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 - 15:58:13 - Ehud Rattner MIT engineers have developed carbon nanotubes into sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells. The sensors, made of... read more

MIT Finger The Cause of 'Gravity Fingers' Saturday, December 13th, 2008 - 18:23:05 - Anuradha Menon MIT researchers have found an elegant solution to a sticky scientific problem in basic fluid mechanics: Why water doesn't soak into soil at an even... read more

MIT Sheds Light on Alzheimer's Mystery Thursday, December 11th, 2008 - 18:34:24 - Anuradha Menon In work that could lead to new drugs to target Alzheimer's disease, MIT researchers and colleagues have shed light on one of the molecular mysteries... read more

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