More stable clocks could measure quantum phenomena, including the presence of dark matter.

An accordion-textured clay called smectite efficiently traps organic carbon and could help buffer global warming over millions of years.

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

Using fluorescent labels that switch on and off, MIT engineers can study how molecules in a cell interact to control the cell’s behavior.

Core-shell structures made of hydrogel could enable more efficient uptake in the body.

The work demonstrates control over key properties leading to better performance.

By analyzing bacterial data, researchers have discovered thousands of rare new CRISPR systems that have a range of functions and could enable gene editing, diagnostics, and more.

The new sensor measures heart and breathing rate from patients with sleep apnea and could also be used to monitor people at risk of opioid overdose.