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Quantum mechanical behaviour at the macroscale

Most quantum physics research to date has used particles such as atoms and electrons to observe quantum mechanical behaviour. Professor Mika Sillanpää of Aalto University is now working in the relatively new field of using…

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More expensive emergency care does yield better results

Unique research method reveals significant return on additional health care spending. [caption id="attachment_2528" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo: iStock[/caption] CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Because Americans spend more per capita on health care than residents of any country, debate has…

MIT researchers engineered liver-like cells that can be infected with several strains of the parasite that causes malaria, including Plasmodium falciparum (top row) and Plasmodium berghei (bottom row). The red stain reveals parasite infection.

New source of cells for modeling malaria

Liver cells derived from stem cells can be infected with malaria and used to test potential drugs. [caption id="attachment_2525" align="alignright" width="300"] MIT researchers engineered liver-like cells that can be infected with several strains of the…