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Most colon cancer deaths are caused by the spread of tumor cells beyond the colon, usually to the liver. In a new study, MIT biologists identified a cellular pathway necessary for colorectal cancer metastasis. Drugs that block the pathway may help prevent metastasis.
Biologists identify a cellular pathway that allows colorectal cancer to metastasize
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Sep 24
Did you know the original Claude — the chatbot’s namesake, according to Anthropic lore — was a renowned MIT professor? Claude Shannon SM ’40, PhD ’40, who taught at MIT from 1956 until his retirement in 1978, was known to many as the father of information theory and of modern
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Sep 23
Lifesaving Lincoln Laboratory device wins 2026 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award
Lifesaving Lincoln Laboratory device wins 2026 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award
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Sep 22
A new study from MIT researchers could help to enable next-generation lidar sensors that are compact, durable, and have no moving parts. The key advance is a novel design for a silicon-photonics chip, which is a semiconductor device that manipulates light rather than electricity.
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Photonics advance could enable compact, high-performance lidar sensors
MIT researchers demonstrated an advanced silicon-photonics chip-based system that could enable compact, durable, solid-state, high-performance lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles and other demand...
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Sep 22
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