Scientists chart how exercise affects the body
A new study maps the genes and cellular pathways that contribute to exercise-induced weight loss.
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Soft robots that grip with the right amount of force
Researchers created a system that lets robots effectively use grasped tools with the correct amount of force.
Peter Shor wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
MIT professor to share $3 million prize with three others; Daniel Spielman PhD ’95 wins Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.
In-home wireless device tracks disease progression in Parkinson’s patients
By continuously monitoring a patient’s gait speed, the system can assess the condition’s severity between visits to the doctor’s office.
“Kids are people too!”
Throughout his career, Professor Hal Abelson has worked to make information technology more accessible to people of all ages.
AI system makes models like DALL-E 2 more creative
Researchers develop a new method that uses multiple models to create more complex images with better understanding.
Collaborative machine learning that preserves privacy
Researchers increase the accuracy and efficiency of a machine-learning method that safeguards user data.
AI that can learn the patterns of human language
On its own, a new machine-learning model discovers linguistic rules that often match up with those created by human experts.
Taking a magnifying glass to data center operations
Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center dataset aims to accelerate AI research into managing and optimizing high-performance computing systems.
Thinking like a cyber-attacker to protect user data
Researchers found that an understudied component of computer processors is susceptible to attacks from malicious agents. Then, they developed mitigation mechanisms.
New programmable materials can sense their own movements
Engineers 3D print materials with networks of sensors directly incorporated.
3 Questions: Amar Gupta on an integrated approach to enhanced health-care delivery
The MIT researcher and former professor discusses how Covid-19 and the influx of virtual technologies created a new medical ecosystem that needs more synchronized oversight.
Researchers create the first artificial vision system for both land and water
Inspired by a fiddler crab eye, scientists developed an amphibious artificial vision system with a panoramic visual field.
Researchers discover major roadblock in alleviating network congestion
Algorithms designed to ensure multiple users share a network fairly can’t prevent some users from hogging all the bandwidth.
Using artificial intelligence to control digital manufacturing
Researchers train a machine-learning model to monitor and adjust the 3D printing process to correct errors in real-time.