Finding a noninvasive way to measure pressure in the brain
Current methods to check for increased pressure in a patient’s brain are invasive. One widely used technique is to drill ...
Month: September 2015
Physicist, distinguished teacher Eugene Commins dies at 83
An experimentalist who focused on fundamental atomic physics
A week of celebration and inspiration — Boston-style
This October, Boston will celebrate its technology, art, and culture at HUBweek, an eight-day festival showcasing what is best about ...
Biologists find unexpected role for amyloid-forming protein
Fibrous protein clumps known as amyloids are most often associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, where they form characteristic ...
How the brain encodes time and place
When you remember a particular experience, that memory has three critical elements — what, when, and where. MIT neuroscientists have ...
Out of sight and out of mind, sewage can actually tell us a lot about health
The maxim “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” certainly describes the work of Mariana G. Matus: The fourth-year PhD ...
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Looking beyond microplastics, Oregon State researchers find that cotton and synthetic microfibers impact behavior and growth of aquatic organisms
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Face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half, new study finds
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Why lung cancer doesn’t respond well to immunotherapy
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Study presents novel therapeutic target for treatment of sepsis
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Seawater split to produce green hydrogen
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Discovery of new ice may change understanding of water