MIT researchers identified mucins that defend against Salmonella and other bacteria that cause diarrhea. They now hope to create synthetic mucins that could help prevent or treat Salmonella and other foodborne infections.

CUNY Graduate Center Professor Leora Yetnikoff receives $1 million from the National Science Foundation to explore the links between social isolation, dopamine, and behavior.

Caltech physicists have created the largest qubit array ever assembled: 6,100 neutral-atom qubits trapped in a grid by lasers. Previous arrays of this kind contained only hundreds of qubits.   

Woodrats’ dietary breadth is driven by the costs of both specialization and generalization. For example, generalist woodrats continued to eat harmful creosote year-round, even when less toxic plants were available. This suggests that the costs to introducing a new food source may be higher than maintaining a consistent, if more toxic, diet. Scientists assume that generalist species are more tolerant of change or more effective invaders. The research reveals this may be untrue when generalists are comprised of locally adapted specialists.