DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning ...

Last summer, a team of researchers reported using a brain-computer interface to detect words people with paralysis imagined saying, even without them physically attempting to speak. They also found ...

Industrial yeasts are a powerhouse of protein production, used to manufacture vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, and other useful compounds. In a new study, MIT chemical engineers have harnessed artificial ...

Information is encoded in the brain by populations or clusters of cells, rather than by single cells. This encoding strategy is known as population coding. Here we review the standard use of ...

A new digital archive is making thousands of mysterious ancient Chinese emblematic symbols accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Yuwei Zhou, a PhD candidate in the Department of East Asian ...