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Zhang and Ma have developed a robotic OCT system, which is a fully automated method of imaging an entire donated kidney to ...

Trillions of microbes live inside us. Many are helpful; others, not so much. Over the last 15 years MIT has played a central ...

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New U.S. policies risk perpetuating a cycle of violence and abuse that has for decades undermined the rights of Salvadorans ...

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The commensal bacteria or microbiota on our skin is thought to contribute to host health, protecting the host against a range of infections, including wound healing and anti-cancer properties. In this ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...