MIT researchers have, for the first time, measured chromatin movement across timescales from microseconds to hours, revealing two distinct motion modes—constrained and freer movement. These dynamics ...
A troubling new study from MIT reveals that a common environmental contaminant, NDMA—found in polluted water, certain medications, and even processed foods—may pose a far greater cancer risk to ...
When a gene is turned on in a cell, it creates a ripple effect along the DNA strand, changing the physical structure of the strand. A new study by MIT researchers, appearing in Science, shows that ...
MIT engineers have developed a novel method to assemble arrays of quantum rods, which could be integrated into LEDs to enhance televisions or virtual reality (VR) devices. MIT engineers devised a new ...
The amount of new digital data grows by 2.5 million gigabytes every day, according to MIT, adding to the approximately 10 trillion gigabytes of digital data that already exists. All of this data — ...
Gene syntax alters DNA supercoiling to amplify or suppress nearby genes. This could improve the effectiveness of gene ...
Chemical and molecular engineers at at MIT and Harvard have successfully used templates made of DNA to cheaply and easily pattern graphene into nanoscale structures that could eventually be fashioned ...