In 2012, Nature revealed that humans provide a home to thousands of different species of microbes in a series of papers that ...

New workflow developed by Brown University researchers compresses hours of manual lab labor into a single automated process, unlocking reliable genetic sequencing for local public health labs.

Muscles exhibit a remarkable capacity to adapt to changing environments and play a vital role in a wide array of physiological functions, including locomotion, respiration, blood circulation, ...

First look: MIT researchers have built a small robot that can move through both air and water using the same wings – and switch between the two without any extra hardware. The work comes out of ...

Most people think of the waterfront as the edge of the city. A team of MIT researchers sees it as a dynamic, Lego-like ...

Inspired by diving birds, roboticists built the lightweight machines to move from water to air. The design may one day lead ...

Today, Chinese AI startup Z.ai (formerly Zhipu AI) announced the immediate release of GLM-5.2, a 753-billion parameter open-weights large language model (LLM) engineered specifically to dominate "long ...

MIT scientists have identified cysteine — an amino acid found in foods like meat, dairy, beans, and nuts — as a potent trigger for intestinal repair. In mice, a cysteine-rich diet activated immune ...

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an instrument’s final sound. MIT engineers hope to streamline that ...

A $500 million commitment — and a call for the global scientific community to join — aims to unlock predictive models of the human cell to accelerate the cure and prevention of all disease REDWOOD ...

Agentic AI technology is marked by a lack of disclosure about risks. Some systems are worse than others. AI developers need to step up and take responsibility. Editor's note: This article has been ...

Light often goes unnoticed until it’s gone. At MIT Museum’s “Lighten Up! On Biology and Time” exhibit, however, it becomes the main character in an interactive display as visitors walk a brightened ...