Moving beyond “defensive medicine”
Study shows removing liability concerns slightly increases C-section procedures during childbirth.
Study shows removing liability concerns slightly increases C-section procedures during childbirth.
Physicists use extreme infrared laser pulses to reveal frozen electron waves in magnetite.
Market concentration in the form of “superstar” firms has been lowering labor’s share of GDP in recent decades, a new study finds.
Study reveals a mechanism that plants can use to dissipate excess sunlight as heat.
Neuroscientists discover how a key brain region combines visual and spatial information to help us find our way.
In a new book, political scientist David Singer finds two key factors connected to financial-sector collapses around the globe.
A new model can predict which types of glucose-responsive insulin will work in humans and animals.
Catherine D’Ignazio’s new book, “Data Feminism,” examines problems of bias and power that beset modern information.
System “recruits” defects that usually cause disruptions, using them to instead carry out quantum operations.
By observing humans, robots learn to perform complex tasks, such as setting a table.
With support from renewable energy sources, the MIT research scientist says, we can consider hydrogen fuel as a tool for decarbonization.
Genetic, geographic, and demographic data from more than 30,000 Americans reveal more genetic diversity within ancestry groups than previously thought.
A five-story mixed-use structure in Roxbury represents a new kind of net-zero-energy building, made from wood.
Computer model of face processing could reveal how the brain produces richly detailed visual representations so quickly.
In place of flat “breadboards,” 3D-printed CurveBoards enable easier testing of circuit design on electronics products.