I’ve spent the better part of my adult life using Apple computers. Other than brief stints with employers who forced me to use Windows on ancient, hulking desktop computers, I’ve relied on Mac products since I was 18. They have consistently been simple to understand, wonderfully designed, and generally pretty durable (I’ve personally owned three […]
The first multicellular organism, Volvox, evolved from self-assembly of individual cells. Inspired by this organism, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a novel approach for treating cancer. Drawing from the lessons of evolution, they designed anti-cancer molecules that can self-assemble with each other into a complex structure through weak supramolecular interactions. The complex, […]