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Red and processed meat consumption associated with higher type 2 diabetes risk

Oct 21, 2024

Global meat production has increased rapidly in recent decades and meat consumption exceeds dietary guidelines in many countries. Earlier research indicated that higher intakes of processed meat and unprocessed red...

New open-source tool helps to detangle the brain

Oct 21, 2024

A networked brain atlas is in essence a detailed map of the brain that can help link structural information with neural function. Current methods of processing brain imaging data, such...

'Yes she can': Obama says US ready for a Harris presidency

Oct 21, 2024

Former president Obama, who was greeted with rapturous applause and cheers at the packed arena hosting the party's nominating convention, said Vice President Harris would fight for Americans, and called...

Christine Ortiz named director of MIT Technology and Policy Program

Oct 21, 2024

Christine Ortiz, the Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, has been named the next director of the MIT Technology and Policy Program (TPP). She has over...

More durable metals for fusion power reactors

Oct 21, 2024

MITEI has multiple corporate members that have been supporting MIT’s efforts to advance technologies required to harness fusion energy. However, depending on what materials are used in the fabrication of...

The link between asbestos and pleural cancer in offshore petroleum workers

Oct 21, 2024

Men who work offshore and have been in contact with asbestos in their working environment have a higher risk of developing pleural cancer. – In our study we found an...

MIT engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots

Oct 21, 2024

A tiny battery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within in the human body, as well as other applications such as...

New way to extend ‘shelf life’ of blood stem cells will improve gene therapy

Oct 21, 2024

Researchers have identified a drug already used for cancer patients, that, when applied to current gene therapy protocols can improve blood stem cell function threefold. One trillion blood cells are...

Oldest plant artefact found outside Africa reveals Pacific's role in early human migration

Oct 21, 2024

This palaeo-island split into a series of smaller islands including Waigeo at the end of the Ice Age, when sea levels rose. The latter was directly dated at the University...

Powerful art exhibition celebrates the creative voices of those with prison histories

Oct 21, 2024

This year the exhibition is expanding its reach to include artists who have lived experience with prison environments as well as people who are still incarcerated. Minister for Correctional Services...