Unlocking Biological Materials for Better Therapies
Researchers at Tufts’ Laboratory for Living Devices link materials like silk and paper with technology, medicine, and diagnostics
New Art Exhibit Celebrates the Periodic Table
Dan Jay experiments with chemical elements in his latest show at Tisch Library
Tufts Wins Grant for K-2 Coding Education
The $4 million grant will launch a unique partnership between Tufts and Norfolk Public Schools to create an early childhood computer science curriculum
This Fungus Mutates. That’s Good News if You Like Cheese.
In a study published in mBio and featured in the New York Times, Benjamin Wolfe, Eileen Fox Aptman and Lowell Aptman Assistant Professor, and a team of researchers offer the first detailed view of how a fungus transforms into a mold safe for food production in as few as four weeks.
Secrets to climate change adaptation uncovered in the European corn borer moth
A team led by Tufts biologists find genetic variation that allows the moth to change its biological clock and adjust to shorter winters
America's Top STEM Schools for Women
Forbes ranks Tufts as one of the top research institutions for women in STEM fields.
Conference on Modern Challenges in Imaging: In the Footsteps of Allan MacLeod Cormack
On the fortieth anniversary of Allan MacLeod Cormack's Nobel Prize, Tufts will host a conference August 5-9 celebrating his achievements and gathering top international researchers in mathematics, engineering, science, and medicine.
New Film with Tufts Cosmologist Explores Why There is a Multiverse and How it Might be Tested
Alex Vilenkin, Leonard and Jane Holmes Bernstein Professor in Evolutionary Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, is featured in a new film, "Before the Big Bag 9: A Multiverse from 'Nothing,'" part of a series which has featured Stephen Hawking and other leading cosmologists
The Nose Knows Better Than Any Machine
Roy Desrochers and Amanda Kern from Tufts' Sensory and Science Center describe their research on taste and smell in this video from WCVB Channel 5.
From Tufts to STEM Advocate
Tufts Ph.D. candidate Amanda Strawhacker is helping to develop a tool to foster a love for science, technology, engineering and math in young children