Gamechanging antibody destroys all known SARS-CoV-2 variants
Scientists have been searching for an antibody that would be broadly neutralizing — able to fight off any viral variant that might emerge.
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Joseph Shavit
- Mar 9
Groundbreaking study identifies the cause of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive disease that affects 2.8 million people worldwide and for which there is no definitive cure.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 9
Groundbreaking research identifies the cause of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive disease that affects 2.8 million people worldwide and for which there is no definitive cure.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 24
MIT sleep study delivers unexpected findings
Getting more sleep seems to provide big benefits: Many people find it gives them increased energy, emotional control, and well-being.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 12
Silver-bullet antibody kills all known SARS-CoV-2 variants
Scientists have been searching for an antibody that would be broadly neutralizing — able to fight off any viral variant that might emerge.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 4
Harvard and Cambridge scientists solve the mystery of cosmic inflation
Astrophysicists say that there is a clear, unambiguous signal in the cosmos which could eliminate inflation as a possibility.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 23, 2022
Alien planet found spiraling to its doom into an aging star
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved, or older, host star.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 13, 2022
Silver-bullet antibody destroys all known SARS-CoV-2 variants
As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been evolving ways to evade the antibodies our bodies make.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 13, 2022
Silver-bullet antibody kills all known SARS-CoV-2 variants
Scientists have been searching for an antibody that would be broadly neutralizing — able to fight off any viral variant that might emerge.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 9, 2022
Groundbreaking research identifies the cause of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive disease that affects 2.8 million people worldwide and for which there is no definitive cure.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 13, 2022
Breakthrough antibody kills all known SARS-CoV-2 variants
As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been evolving ways to evade the antibodies our bodies make.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 11, 2022
MIT and Harvard study charts how exercise and diet affect the body
MIT and Harvard researchers have mapped out many of the cells, genes, and cellular pathways that are modified by exercise or high-fat diet.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 9, 2022
Harvard researchers identify the cause of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive disease that affects 2.8 million people worldwide and for which there is no definitive cure.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 24, 2022
MIT, Harvard and Stanford scientists find “weaker ties” are more beneficial for job seekers
Paper presents first large-scale experimental evidence on causal effects of strong and weak ties on job mobility.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 13, 2022
New antibody kills all known SARS-CoV-2 variants
Scientists have been searching for an antibody that would be broadly neutralizing — able to fight off any viral variant that might emerge.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 12, 2022
Fighting viruses is as easy as breathing
Human Lung Chip reveals the effects of breathing motions on lung immune responses and leads to repurposing of potential therapeutics
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 8, 2022
Scientists have spotted the farthest galaxy ever
An international team of astronomers has spotted the most distant astronomical object ever: a galaxy some 13.5 billion light-years away.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 6, 2022
Harvard-MIT scientists built the most powerful quantum computer ever
Physicists developed a special type of quantum computer known as a programmable quantum simulator capable of operating with 256 quantum bits
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