Health

A person wearing blue gloves operates a piece of scientific equipment, handling small yellow cubes that are immersed in a cryogenic container.
Fertility
The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF
A look back at the history of infertility treatments and ahead to the tech that could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.
Kristin Houser
Overlay of hands and abstract patterns in purple and blue tones, symbolizing hope for Parkinson's cure.
Drugs
The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s 
GeneCode is developing a drug it hopes won’t just alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms but also protect and restore patient’s neural health.
Kevin Dickinson
A child sitting on a couch in a dimly lit room, holding and looking intently at a tablet, as if testing the Goldilocks hypothesis for the perfect screen brightness.
Mental Health
Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”
The “Goldilocks hypothesis” asks parents to think beyond screen time and consider the habits that teens build around technology use.
Kevin Dickinson
A person using a tool to make a foam alongside images of cancer cells
Cancer
Drinking this foam could boost an experimental cancer therapy
Kristin Houser
A determined man with a bandage on his hand perseveres through pain for gain.
Sports
No pain, no gain? Science debunks yet another exercise myth
Kevin Dickinson
An image of a child having their ear examined
Medicine
Deaf boy hears within days of receiving new gene therapy
Kristin Houser
A man walking down a street with smoke coming from a factory, showcasing concerns for the environment.
Public Health
Three ways your environment affects your intelligence
Matt Davis
A collage featuring a pig's face and a human liver
Medicine
Pig liver filters blood outside a person’s body for 72 hours
Kristin Houser
blue and purple cells
Cancer
Immune cells linked to allergies can kill cancer
Kristin Houser
An x-ray image of a human heart revealing potential bladder tumors thanks to innovative nanobots technology.
Cancer
Urine-propelled nanobots shrink bladder tumors by 90% in animals
Kristin Houser
A collage featuring a woman lying in an MRI and an image of a brain
Medicine
Ultrasound waves help Alzheimer’s drug get into the brain
Kristin Houser
An illustration of a pill in the stomach.
Healthcare
Engineers develop a vibrating, ingestible capsule that might help treat obesity
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
A man experiencing anxiety while covering his face with his hands.
Mental Health
Are anxiety and depression social problems or chemical disorders?
Derek Beres