A revitalizing force is lighting up Station North, as a $1 million grant begins to breathe new life into the neighborhood, ...

The "Inviting Light" public art project, designed to illuminate both the physical space and the potential of the community, ...

Cells constantly shift and transform, triggering the complex choreography that shapes living organisms. Whether dividing into ...

Now, researchers at MIT have discovered a way to manipulate these early cellular motions using light, providing a new tool to ...

Life takes shape with the motion of a single cell. In response to signals from certain proteins and enzymes, a cell can start ...

The researchers observed that light activated the enzyme, causing predictable cell movements. For example, specific light ...

MIT scientists have discovered a way to control the movements of starfish cells using light, which could have biomedical applications.

The Home Depot’s lighting aisle is among the scariest places in retail to find yourself (yes, even more so than the store’s ...

Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula. A huge bipolar outflow of gas and dust, grown from the tumultuous birth of ...

This binding causes tiny fibers within the membrane to contract, changing the cell’s shape. Researchers engineered a new type of GEF enzyme sensitive to light, giving them precise control over ...

Their optical system could guide the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for wound healing or drug delivery. Life takes shape with the motion of a single cell. In response to signals from ...