MIT Research Slam showcases postdoc and PhD communication skills
The 2nd Annual Research Slam featured three-minute talks on cutting-edge research from across MIT in an engaging public showcase and competition.
A single memory is stored across many connected brain regions
Innovative brain-wide mapping study shows that an “engram,” the ensemble of neurons encoding a memory, is widely distributed and includes regions not previously realized.
Secret superheroes of EECS
Lecturers ensure the technology, curriculum, and instructional delivery of MIT’s classroom education keep up with the dizzying pace of its research.
A one-up on motion capture
A new neural network approach captures the characteristics of a physical system’s dynamic motion from video, regardless of rendering configuration or image differences.
School of Engineering first quarter 2022 awards
Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes.
Engineers use artificial intelligence to capture the complexity of breaking waves
Their model’s predictions should help researchers improve ocean climate simulations and hone the design of offshore structures.
Seven from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2022
Prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members.
How can we reduce the carbon footprint of global computing?
Workshop hosted by MIT’s Climate and Sustainability Consortium, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, and the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing highlights how new approaches to computing can save energy and help the planet.
Aging Brain Initiative awards fund five new ideas to study, fight neurodegeneration
Competitive seed grants launch yearlong investigations of novel hypotheses about potential causes, biomarkers, treatments of Alzheimer’s and ALS.
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
Researchers build a portable desalination unit that generates clear, clean drinking water without the need for filters or high-pressure pumps.
Machine learning, harnessed to extreme computing, aids fusion energy development
Linking techniques from machine learning with advanced numerical simulations, MIT researchers take an important step in state-of-the-art predictions for fusion plasmas.
3 Questions: Designing software for research ethics
PhD candidate Jonathan Zong found a lack of systems that earn and maintain public trust in large-scale online research — so he made one himself.
Using excess heat to improve electrolyzers and fuel cells
New technology could help generate hydrogen and chemical industry ingredients.
A smarter way to develop new drugs
A new artificial intelligence technique only proposes candidate molecules that can actually be produced in a lab.
Physicists embark on a hunt for a long-sought quantum glow
A new approach could make it possible to detect the elusive Unruh effect in hours, rather than billions of years.