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Unlocking the secrets of natural materials

Professor Benedetto Marelli develops silk-based technologies with uses “from lab to fork,” including helping crops grow and preserving perishable foods.

Explained: The sugar coating of life

Researchers are working to advance the field of glycoscience, illuminating the essential role of carbohydrates for human health and disease.

Immune action at a distance

MIT and MGH researchers design a local, gel-based drug-delivery platform that may provoke a system-wide immune response to metastatic tumors.