Key brain region was “recycled” as humans developed the ability to read
Part of the visual cortex dedicated to recognizing objects appears predisposed to identifying words and letters, a study finds.
Part of the visual cortex dedicated to recognizing objects appears predisposed to identifying words and letters, a study finds.
For the robotics category in a new series celebrating innovation, the USPS chose the bionic prosthesis designed and built by the Media Lab's Biomechatronics group.
Machine learning system from MIT CSAIL can look at chest X-rays to diagnose pneumonia — and also knows when to defer to a radiologist.
MIT physicist led government-backed effort to study the challenges and solutions surrounding campus lab work.
The experimental drug has shown promise in early-stage clinical trials conducted in Singapore.
ENCODE consortium identifies RNA sequences that are involved in regulating gene expression.
Researchers devise an on-off system that allows high-fidelity operations and interconnection between processors.
A team from MIT helped create an image retrieval system to find the closest matches of paintings from different artists and cultures.
Findings also suggest exoplanets lying within habitable zones may be susceptible to ice ages.
Geological evidence suggests the known dinosaur groups diverged early on, supporting the traditional dinosaur family tree.
Recent advances give theoretical insight into why deep learning networks are successful.
With funding from MISTI, physicists at MIT and in Israel collaborate to improve understanding and use of quantum light.
In the Chinese city of Chengdu, one-third of ride-sharing might replace public transit trips.
Multidisciplinary team uses metal organic frameworks to extract radioactive krypton from fuel-reprocessing gasses.
Study suggests the rare objects likely came from an early planetesimal with a magnetic core.