Courtney Humphries
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Past articles by Courtney:
The “mind-boggling” task of protecting New York City from rising seas
There are plans to fortify the city’s 520 miles of coast—but some of them will be unpopular. → Read More
Digital immortality: How your life’s data means a version of you could live forever
Your family and friends will be able to interact with a digital “you” that doles out advice—even when you’re gone. → Read More
Meet the biologist who got MIT to examine its treatment of women researchers
Denied more lab space for her pioneering research, Nancy Hopkins whipped out her tape measure. What she found sparked a movement to address gender bias in science. → Read More
Microplastics Are Infiltrating Nearly Every Body of Water — NOVA Next
Fibers from our clothes are choking freshwater bodies with microplastic pollution. Solving the problem won’t be easy. → Read More
Rumi Chunara | Innovators Under 35
Crucial information about disease outbreaks can be gleaned earlier. → Read More
Brain Control of Paralyzed Limb Lets Monkey Walk Again
A step toward repairing spinal cord injury with electronics. → Read More
Susumu Tonegawa studies how memories are stored and how they can be manipulated
Susumu Tonegawa is finding out how the brain stores and retrieves individual memories. → Read More
Polina Anikeeva
A creative scientist sees new ways to record and stimulate brain activity. → Read More
Polina Anikeeva
A creative scientist sees new ways to record and stimulate brain activity. → Read More
Scientists Launch Quest to Identify Every Cell in the Body
A microscopic quest to find out what we’re really made of. → Read More
Single-Cell Genomics Allows Identification of New Cell Types
Scientists launch a microscopic quest to find out what we’re really made of. → Read More
Deep Brain Stimulation Study May Help Improve Parkinson's Treatments
Deep brain stimulation could lead to a more effective, self-tuning device for Parkinson’s. → Read More
Why Zapping the Brain Helps Parkinson’s Patients
Deep brain stimulation could lead to a more effective, self-tuning device for Parkinson’s. → Read More
Can Life Be Mimicked in Silicon?
A microfluidic cell copies some basic functions of life. → Read More
A Step Toward Artificial Cells, Built from Silicon
A microfluidic cell copies some basic functions of life. → Read More
MIT’s Hugh Herr Is Building Better Prostheses—and Pushing the Limits of Bionics
Hugh Herr, SM ’93, isn’t just developing more capable prosthetic limbs. He’s rethinking what humans can do. → Read More
With Spinal Implant, Paralyzed Rats Can Walk Again
Controlled by software, paralyzed rats walk and climb stairs. → Read More
Paralyzed Rats Take 1,000 Steps, Orchestrated by Computer
Controlled by software, paralyzed rats walk and climb stairs. → Read More
How ALS Could Benefit from a Flood of New Funding
A viral social-media campaign has brought unprecedented money to a rare disease. How might new funding help ALS research? → Read More
What Is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease?
A viral social-media campaign has brought unprecedented money to a rare disease. How might new funding help ALS research? → Read More