Scientists at MIT and Stanford have unveiled a promising new way to help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells more effectively. Their strategy targets a hidden “off switch” that tumors ...

As the immune system weakens with age, scientists have found a way to restore some of its lost strength. By delivering mRNA to the liver, they created a temporary source of immune-boosting signals ...

Stimulating the liver to generate signals normally produced by the thymus can reverse age-related declines in T-cell populations. As people age, their immune function weakens. Owing to shrinkage of ...

Boston Dynamics has unveiled the new industry-ready Atlas, a humanoid designed as a practical industrial tool for warehouses and factories. Atlas can operate 24/7 in extreme temperatures, and uses AI ...

DeepMind’s chief says he envisions Gemini as an operating system for physical robots. The company has hired Aaron Saunders to help make that a reality. The hire is a key part of DeepMind CEO Demis ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Cancer immunotherapy, which uses drugs that stimulate the body’s immune cells to attack tumors, is a promising approach to treating many types of cancer. However, it doesn’t work well ...

MIT engineers developed a way to set gene expression levels at off, low, or high. Using skin cells, the researchers delivered a cocktail (labeled with a red fluorescent protein, top row) that boosts ...

The US system to track vulnerabilities is struggling to keep up with its backlog. Experts are scrambling to assemble alternatives. Every day, billions of people trust digital systems to run everything ...

Deep inside a subway station in Brooklyn, in a cramped, industrial room, Dyanesha Pryor pushes in a metal lever on a hulking machine that was installed nearly a century ago. A few hundred feet away, a ...

CAMBRIDGE - MAY 20: (Pictured left to right) Narrator Charles Romine talks Jay W. Forrester, Director of the Digital Computer Laboratory at MIT, in front of Whirlwind I, a large high-speed digital ...

Marc Raibert, the founder of Boston Dynamics, gave the world a menagerie of two- and four-legged machines capable of jaw-dropping parkour, infectious dance routines, and industrious shelf stacking.