Topic
Research
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The writing on the wall
Did humans speak through cave art? New paper links ancient drawings and language’s origins.
February 21, 2018 -
Ouch: Study reveals financial pain after hospitalization
Serious medical problems reduce earnings, hurt employment, and increase debt.
February 20, 2018 -
Scientists deliver high-resolution glimpse of enzyme structure
New finding suggests differences in how humans and bacteria control production of DNA’s building blocks.
February 20, 2018 -
Robo-picker grasps and packs
New robotic system could lend a hand with warehouse sorting and other picking or clearing tasks.
February 19, 2018 -
Seeking materials that match the brain
Polina Anikeeva explores ways to make neural probes that are compatible with delicate biological tissues.
February 18, 2018 -
Stefan Helmreich conducts fieldwork aboard the unique FLIP ship
MIT anthropologist is researching how scientists understand waves.
February 16, 2018 -
Integrated simulations answer 20-year-old question in fusion research
Study finds that turbulence competes in fusion plasmas to rapidly respond to temperature perturbations.
February 16, 2018 -
Political Methodology Lab to dig deep into new kinds of data
Founder Teppei Yamamoto designs new tools to comprehend political behavior transformed by digital technology.
February 15, 2018 -
Researchers advance CRISPR-based tool for diagnosing disease
With SHERLOCK, a strip of paper can now indicate presence of pathogens, tumor DNA, or any genetic signature of interest.
February 15, 2018 -
Physicists create new form of light
Newly observed optical state could enable quantum computing with photons.
February 15, 2018 -
Study: Fragile X syndrome neurons can be restored
Whitehead Institute researchers are using a modified CRISPR/Cas9-guided activation strategy to investigate the most frequent cause of intellectual disability in males.
February 15, 2018 -
System draws power from daily temperature swings
Technology developed at MIT can harness temperature fluctuations of many kinds to produce electricity.
February 15, 2018 -
Getting to the heart of carbon nanotube clusters
MIT researchers create predictable patterns from unpredictable carbon nanotubes.
February 14, 2018 -
Back-and-forth exchanges boost children’s brain response to language
Study finds engaging young children in conversation is more important for brain development than “dumping words” on them.
February 13, 2018 -
Neural networks everywhere
New chip reduces neural networks’ power consumption by up to 95 percent, making them practical for battery-powered devices.
February 13, 2018 -
Projecting the impacts of climate change
Joint Program researchers advocate for improved modeling approach.
February 13, 2018 -
Intensive agriculture influences U.S. regional summer climate, study finds
An increase in corn and soybean production in the Midwest may have led to cooler, wetter summers there.
February 13, 2018 -
Energy-efficient encryption for the internet of things
Special-purpose chip reduces power consumption of public-key encryption by 99.75 percent, increases speed 500-fold.
February 12, 2018 -
In fieldwork program, students take the lead
TREX program from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering takes students to Hawaii to conduct environmental research.
February 12, 2018 -
MIT neuroscientists give "invisible" cells a new look
With a new grant, a Picower Institute team is studying the role of astrocytes, which may partner with neurons to process information in the brain.
February 12, 2018