School of Science appoints 14 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.
Principle-based framework aims to support the needs of scholars, reflect MIT principles, and advance science.
Findings in mice suggest targeting certain brain circuits could offer new ways to treat some neurological disorders.
Report urges MIT community to openly share the products of its research and teaching.
Design principles from robotics help researchers decipher elements controlling mental processes in the brain.
Fluorescent probe could allow scientists to watch circuits within the brain and link their activity to specific behaviors.
Clumps of amyloid protein emerge early in deep regions, such as the mammillary body, and march outward in the brain along specific circuits.
Data on MIT students underscore the importance of getting enough sleep; bedtime also matters.
Brain and cognitive sciences professor studies how the human mind is able to learn so rapidly.
Detailed observations in the lateral septum indicate region processes movement and reward information to help direct behavior.
How people interpret musical notes depends on the types of music they have listened to, researchers find.
Nominated by peers and students, professors in brain and cognitive sciences and biology are recognized for excellence in graduate and undergraduate education.
Study reveals brain regions that respond differently to the presence of background noise, suggesting the brain progressively hones in on and isolates sounds.
Magnetically controlled device could deliver clot-reducing therapies in response to stroke or other brain blockages.
Nearly $12 million machine will let MIT researchers run more ambitious AI models.