Zain HumayuninMIT ScopeInvestigating the role of tau protein in Alzheimer’s DiseaseIn 1906, a doctor at Munich’s Royal Psychiatric Clinic peered at thin slices of a dead woman’s brain. Five years earlier, when she was…May 18, 2021May 18, 2021
Zain HumayuninMIT ScopeAt MIT’s Dedon Lab: The Quest to Understand DNA ModificationsFrom the seventh floor of MIT’s biological engineering building, it’s possible to admire the Boston skyline. Every few minutes, a plane…Mar 26, 2021Mar 26, 2021
Zain HumayuninMIT ScopeComputer Scientists Study Photo Posting and Mental Health On TwitterWe say a lot with the photos we post to social media: what we’re having for dinner, where we’re going for vacation, and who we like…Feb 14, 2020Feb 14, 2020
Zain HumayuninMIT ScopeAir Quality Records Help Scientists Study Air Pollution & Missed AbortionsNine years ago, a machine on the rooftop of the US Embassy in Beijing began checking the air for deadly particles. Embassy officials…Feb 14, 2020Feb 14, 2020
Zain HumayuninMIT ScopeNorman Levinson: From The MIT ArchivesMIT’s strength in applied mathematics owes a large part of its legacy to Norman Levinson, an engineer-turned-mathematician.Feb 14, 2020Feb 14, 2020
Zain HumayuninMIT ScopeAs Physicists Race To Create Metallic Hydrogen, Some Stop To Take A Closer LookAt pressures as high as those in the Earth’s crust, hydrogen molecules arrange themselves in hexagons.Feb 14, 2020Feb 14, 2020