3+ week, 3+ day ago   (568+ words) It turns out the best way to teach students how DNA works may be to start at the end. That’s the idea behind a hands-on curriculum from the MIT Edgerton Center: Teach proteins first so that students understand what the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (565+ words) A functional nervous system depends on the cooperation of many kinds of cells. So as developing organisms build their nervous systems, their neurons must take on different forms and functions to fulfill their designated roles. That carefully orchestrated process gives…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (620+ words) MIT researchers have engineered bacteria that can function as transistors, allowing the team to create living “circuit boards” that can be printed onto a growth medium in a Petri dish. In electrical circuits, transistors function as switches that can turn…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (924+ words) As we move through everyday life, our brains engage in a huge variety of cognitive tasks. For example, during a grocery run, we might have to recall the items for a recipe, remember where the clerk said the flour was…...