Potential New Method to Prevent Stomach Ulcers
MIT – Scope Researchers have been able to disable bacteria that cause ulcers by removing the bacteria’s ability to get close to the stomach wall. This new knowledge about how the immune system responds toH. pylori infections could be used to
Potential New Method to Prevent Stomach Ulcers
MIT – Scope Researchers have been able to disable bacteria that cause ulcers by removing the bacteria’s ability to get close to the stomach wall. This new knowledge about how the immune system responds toH. pylori infections could be used to
A Can-Do Attitude: World War II and Apple Pie
MIT – Scope In September 1943, a flurry of activity surrounded MIT’s biological engineering research labs. In the midst of battle in North Africa, twenty German prisoners had been taken by American forces. They were first shipped to a holding facility
A Can-Do Attitude: World War II and Apple Pie
MIT – Scope In September 1943, a flurry of activity surrounded MIT’s biological engineering research labs. In the midst of battle in North Africa, twenty German prisoners had been taken by American forces. They were first shipped to a holding facility
The Shape-Shifting Bat
MIT - Scope Some bat species can dramatically change the size and shape of their ears faster than humans can blink an eye, researchers have shown. Scientists already knew that bats could change the direction of their ears depending on where
The Shape-Shifting Bat
MIT - Scope Some bat species can dramatically change the size and shape of their ears faster than humans can blink an eye, researchers have shown. Scientists already knew that bats could change the direction of their ears depending on where
Scientists Decipher Genetic Code of a Vampire (Bacterium, That Is)
MIT - Scope Scientists have cracked the genetic code of a “vampire bacterium” that survives by sucking the nutrients out of other living bacteria. This new information could someday be harnessed to fight infections in combination with traditional antibiotic therapies. Micavibrio
Scientists Decipher Genetic Code of a Vampire (Bacterium, That Is)
MIT - Scope Scientists have cracked the genetic code of a “vampire bacterium” that survives by sucking the nutrients out of other living bacteria. This new information could someday be harnessed to fight infections in combination with traditional antibiotic therapies. Micavibrio
Ode to a ghostly tune: the science and musicality of glass
PLos Blogs – MIT SciWrite There are, indeed, moments in time when the heavens touch the earth, and the results are truly awesome: Natural glass, formed when sandy soil is melted by lightning and then quickly cooled, is wild in
Ode to a ghostly tune: the science and musicality of glass
PLos Blogs – MIT SciWrite There are, indeed, moments in time when the heavens touch the earth, and the results are truly awesome: Natural glass, formed when sandy soil is melted by lightning and then quickly cooled, is wild in
All That Glitters is Tungsten
MIT – Scope Since metals like gold and platinum should have been pulled into the earth’s iron core as it cooled over four billion years ago, their presence on the surface is a mystery. Scientists have wondered for decades if
All That Glitters is Tungsten
MIT – Scope Since metals like gold and platinum should have been pulled into the earth’s iron core as it cooled over four billion years ago, their presence on the surface is a mystery. Scientists have wondered for decades if
Did Milky Way Get Its Spiral Arms After a Galaxy Collision?
MIT – Scope In a surprising finding, researchers have found that the Milky Way may have gotten its spiral arms in a collision with a much smaller galaxy. The team from the University of California, Irvine, and theUniversity of Pittsburgh spent a
Did Milky Way Get Its Spiral Arms After a Galaxy Collision?
MIT – Scope In a surprising finding, researchers have found that the Milky Way may have gotten its spiral arms in a collision with a much smaller galaxy. The team from the University of California, Irvine, and theUniversity of Pittsburgh spent a
The Venom Chronicles: Platypus Tales
PBS.org — Inside NOVA Imagine yourself standing on the shore of a river in eastern Australia, arms outstretched to avoid being nipped by the flailing, angry platypus you have suspended upside down by its tail. The scene is strange enough
The Venom Chronicles: Platypus Tales
PBS.org — Inside NOVA Imagine yourself standing on the shore of a river in eastern Australia, arms outstretched to avoid being nipped by the flailing, angry platypus you have suspended upside down by its tail. The scene is strange enough
The Venom Chronicles: Dinosaur Venom
PBS.org — Inside NOVA The venom-spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park may have been fictional, but in a great case of life imitating art, scientists have discovered evidence of a real venomous dinosaur that walked the earth in China over 120 million
The Venom Chronicles: Dinosaur Venom
PBS.org — Inside NOVA The venom-spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park may have been fictional, but in a great case of life imitating art, scientists have discovered evidence of a real venomous dinosaur that walked the earth in China over 120 million
The Venom Chronicles: Super Spiders
PBS.org — Inside NOVA There are more than 41,000 described species of spider, and over 99% of them are venomous. Mercifully, there are only four small groups of spiders whose venom is lethal to humans, but insects beware: Spider venom can inflict
The Venom Chronicles: Super Spiders
PBS.org — Inside NOVA There are more than 41,000 described species of spider, and over 99% of them are venomous. Mercifully, there are only four small groups of spiders whose venom is lethal to humans, but insects beware: Spider venom can inflict
The Venom Chronicles: Box Jellies
PBS.org — Inside NOVA Jamie Seymour is hunting shadows. Box jellyfish–some of the most terrifying animals on the planet–are completely invisible in water, so the best Seymour can hope to find are the shadows they project onto the shallow ocean
The Venom Chronicles: Box Jellies
PBS.org — Inside NOVA Jamie Seymour is hunting shadows. Box jellyfish–some of the most terrifying animals on the planet–are completely invisible in water, so the best Seymour can hope to find are the shadows they project onto the shallow ocean
The Venom Chronicles: Cobra Face-Off
PBS.org — Inside NOVA When Bruce Young walks into a room filled with spitting cobras, he elicits a terrifying response. “They just love to spit at me,” says the professor at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Spitting cobras have evolved
The Venom Chronicles: Cobra Face-Off
PBS.org — Inside NOVA When Bruce Young walks into a room filled with spitting cobras, he elicits a terrifying response. “They just love to spit at me,” says the professor at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Spitting cobras have evolved