Cancer’s Quest for Oxygen
Cancer cells need oxygen to survive. But scientists had never tracked cancer cells’ search for oxygen in their early growth stages until now—moving medicine a step closer to understanding one way that cancer spreads.
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Disruptive ideas, findings, and products.
Going All-Optical
One one-millionth of a second may sound rather brief to most of us, but to Jacob Khurgin, professor of electrical and…
The ‘Charlie Sheen Effect’
After actor Charlie Sheen disclosed his HIV-positive status on NBC’s Today show last November, millions took to the Internet to…
Blocking the Bounce
When a rubber ball or block falls to the floor, it bounces. Yet, recently, an architected rubber block made by…
Seeing Is Believing
The quest to create a camera that can see the way we see—continuously, selectively, alert to movement and meaning—is the challenge…
All Lit Up
The membranes of our bodies’ cells contain signaling proteins called receptors. By interacting with peptides, drugs, hormones, and other molecules,…