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Scientists track evolution of microbes on the skin’s surface
Read more: Scientists track evolution of microbes on the skin’s surfaceA new analysis reveals how Staphylococcus aureus gains mutations that allow it to colonize eczema patches. Human skin is home to millions of microbes. One of these microbes, Staphylococcus aureus, is an opportunistic pathogen that can invade patches of skin affected by eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis. In a new study, researchers at MIT and…
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Scientists use computational modeling to design “ultrastable” materials
Read more: Scientists use computational modeling to design “ultrastable” materialsThese highly stable metal-organic frameworks could be useful for applications such as capturing greenhouse gases. Materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have a rigid, cage-like structure that lends itself to a variety of applications, from gas storage to drug delivery. By changing the building blocks that go into the materials, or the way they are…
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Uncovering how cells control their protein output
Read more: Uncovering how cells control their protein outputGene-Wei Li investigates the rules that cells use to maintain the correct ratio of the proteins they need to survive. A typical bacterial genome contains more than 4,000 genes, which encode all of the proteins that the cells need to survive. How do cells know just how much of each protein they need for their…
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