In the mice, the researchers observed a dramatic increase in the tumors’ expression of SOX17. This gene encodes a transcription factor that is normally active only during embryonic development, when it helps... Read more »
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Institute records show rugby being played as early as 1882, making the Tech club the oldest in NERFU and one of the oldest in the nation. In 1974, it fielded two 15-man... Read more »
At home in Jamaica, Gentles has seen the impact of climate change firsthand.COURTESY OF RUNAKO GENTLES Beyond significantly lowering the standard of living for the poor and lower-middle classes, climate change is... Read more »
And once I arrived, I heard the same sentiment, framed in local terms: “Can you please help us organize ourselves to help fix the climate?” Everyone understood that MIT brought tremendous strength... Read more »
“The problem with spectrometers is that they have this intrinsic trade-off,” Persits says. The more light that goes into the spectrometer itself—specifically, into the color-separating diffraction grating and the detector—the harder it... Read more »
He credits his success in part to being “really good at the boring technical stuff,” as he puts it. “I write my own policy and I go through all the details of... Read more »
Mice “would normally eat ferociously” when given access to food after fasting. “But if you stimulate those cells in the gut, they would feel full.” Together they developed a way to distribute... Read more »
To understand the chances that the US will succeed, MIT Technology Review spoke to Shawn Qu. As the founder and chairman of Canadian Solar, one of the largest and longest-standing solar manufacturing... Read more »
—Daniele Visioni is a climate scientist and assistant professor at Cornell University The public debate over whether we should consider intentionally altering the climate system is heating up, as the dangers of... Read more »