Topic
Brain and cognitive sciences
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Jumping into new experiences
For senior Héctor Javier Vázquez Martínez, studying and teaching abroad has brought new friendships, new research interests, and a new outlook.
February 7, 2019 -
MIT robot combines vision and touch to learn the game of Jenga
Machine-learning approach could help robots assemble cellphones and other small parts in a manufacturing line.
January 30, 2019 -
The gift of light, through science and service
Professor Pawan Sinha addresses a humanitarian need — treatable blindness — and advances our understanding of visual development in the brain.
January 28, 2019 -
Tsai earns Hans Wigzell's Prize in Medicine
Award recognizes Alzheimer's disease discoveries.
January 25, 2019 -
Scientists engineer new CRISPR platform for DNA targeting
CRISPR team harnesses new Cas12b enzyme for use in eukaryotic cells, adding to the CRISPR toolbox.
January 22, 2019 -
Mapping the brain at high resolution
New 3-D imaging technique can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain.
January 17, 2019 -
Study shows how specific gene variants may raise bipolar disorder risk
Findings could help inform new therapies, improve diagnosis.
January 17, 2019 -
Brain study finds circuits that may help you keep your cool
Research by neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory helps explain how the brain regulates arousal.
January 15, 2019 -
Democratizing data science
Tool for nonstatisticians automatically generates models that glean insights from complex datasets.
January 15, 2019 -
Scope advance gives first look through all cortical layers of the awake brain
Substantial refinements of three-photon microscopy allow for novel discoveries in neuroscience.
January 11, 2019 -
Gut-brain connection signals worms to alter behavior while eating
Study may lead to a better understanding of the digestive tract’s nervous system.
December 20, 2018 -
Josh Tenenbaum named Innovator of the Year by R&D Magazine
Professor honored for work on the nature and origins of intelligence in the human mind and applying that knowledge to build human-like intelligence in machines.
December 19, 2018 -
Real-time readouts of thinking in rats
New open-source system provides fast, accurate neural decoding and real-time readouts of where rats think they are.
December 19, 2018 -
Mapping the brain, cell by cell
Technique for preserving tissue allows researchers to create maps of neural circuits with single-cell resolution.
December 17, 2018 -
Team invents method to shrink objects to the nanoscale
It’s not quite the Ant-Man suit, but the system produces 3-D structures one thousandth the size of the originals.
December 13, 2018 -
How returning to a prior context aids memory recall
Picower Institute researchers discover the brain mechanism that helps details come flooding back when you visit a scene again.
December 12, 2018 -
Five MIT students named 2019 Marshall Scholars
Radha Mastandrea, Katie O’Nell, Anna Sappington, Kyle Swanson, and Crystal Winston will begin graduate studies in the UK next fall.
December 2, 2018 -
Biologists discover an unusual hallmark of aging in neurons
Snippets of RNA that accumulate in brain cells could interfere with normal function.
November 27, 2018 -
How the brain switches between different sets of rules
When you slow down after exiting the highway, or hush your voice in the library, you’re using this brain mechanism.
November 19, 2018 -
Exploring unknowns in cancer, the human brain, and the road ahead
Double major Kerrie Greene builds connections in her research and her community.
November 18, 2018