Code of the humans
New book by Noam Chomsky and Robert Berwick explores how people acquired unique language skills.
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Solar cells as light as a soap bubble
Ultrathin, flexible photovoltaic cells from MIT research could find many new uses.
Scientists make first direct detection of gravitational waves
LIGO signal reveals first observation of two massive black holes colliding, proves Einstein right.
Visible hand
Startup meshes crowdfunding and bond markets to change how cities are built
With Neighborly, Jase Wilson meshes crowdfunding and bond markets to change how cities are built.
John Wyatt, longtime MIT professor and cofounder of Boston Retinal Implant Project, dies at 69
Dedicated researcher was a circuits expert developing a retinal implant to help the blind see.
MIT students win first round of SpaceX Hyperloop contest
Design tops more than 100 entries at an international high-speed transportation competition inspired by Elon Musk and sponsored by SpaceX.
Computer science and engineering major helps people while having fun
Senior Sami Alsheikh helps others, solves problems, and has fun doing both.
Acoustic tweezers manipulate cells with sound waves
Technique could enable 3-D printing of cellular structures for tissue engineering.
Watch your tone
Voice-analytics software helps customer-service reps build better rapport with customers.
Clearing the way for Floquet-Bloch states
Team demonstrates pure quantum-mechanical mixture of electrons and photons in the solid topological insulator bismuth selenide.
Detecting consumer decisions within messy data
Software analyzes online chatter to predict health care consumers’ behavior.
Stimulus plan?
Interest is growing in brain stimulation devices — and regulating them may prove tricky.
Study assesses solar photovoltaic technologies
MIT researchers recommend rapidly scaling up current silicon-based systems while continuing to work on other technologies.