School of Science appoints 12 faculty members to named professorships
Those selected for these positions receive additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers.
Those selected for these positions receive additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers.
Study also finds specific frequency bands of brain waves associated with encoding, or inhibiting encoding, of sensory information across the cortex.
New faculty in these areas will connect the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and a department or school.
Study finds that the fusiform face area is active when blind people touch 3D models of faces.
Challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic have laid bare the need to reinvent education. Sanjay Sarma’s new book points a way.
Part of the visual cortex dedicated to recognizing objects appears predisposed to identifying words and letters, a study finds.
The MIT professor takes a mathematical approach to exploring memory, navigation, and other neural functions.
Recent advances give theoretical insight into why deep learning networks are successful.
New analysis could help uncover potential drug targets for attention deficits and sensory hypersensitivity.
Unique survey of gene expression by cell type in humans and mice reveals several deficits affecting the most vulnerable neurons.
Diversity in how cells talk to the muscle they innervate reveal distinct propensities for change, or “plasticity.”
Among study’s many surprises may be a new way to address Fragile X syndrome — by finding a “protein X.”
The science program for local high school students is remote this year, as MIT instructors create at-home lab experiences.
Robotic gripper with soft sensitive fingers developed at MIT can handle cables with unprecedented dexterity.
A new computational method fine-tunes delivery of therapeutics to specific brain regions.