Scientists Build Tiny Biological Robots from Human Cells The multicellular bots move around and help heal ‘wounds’ created in cultured neurons
Winter Book Recommendations Tufts faculty, staff, and students offer a wide-ranging selection for your reading pleasure
Ring, Ring! It’s for You, Mom A study finds that schools are more likely to call mothers than fathers, which has implications for the careers of working parents
A Biologist’s Quest to Unlock the Mysteries of DNA Damage Fruit flies, which have much of the same genetic material as humans, help Professor of Biology Mitch McVey and colleagues find answers
Thermal Imaging Is a Promising Tool to Measure Stress in Wild Animals Experiment with birds connects changes in body surface temperature with heart rate to offer a new, non-invasive technique
Exploring the Link Between Racism and Ill Health Tufts psychology researchers get $2.7 million to map the pathways between experiencing racism-induced stress and developing disease
What Happens to Aging Minds Researchers investigate how we can keep our brains healthy as we age, focusing on information retrieval, stereotypes and memory, and how nutrition might offset Alzheimer’s disease
Why Is Democracy So Elusive in the Oil-Rich Middle East? Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science Nimah Mazaheri examines the region for clues about past political patterns and future possibilities
What Ancient Greek Stories of Humans Transformed into Plants can Teach us about Fragility and Resilience Stories from Greek mythology often show the close relationship between humans and plants.