Dresselhaus, Graybiel, Luu receive 2012 Kavli Prizes
Biennial prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience include a $1 million cash award in each field.
Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cells
New method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.
Institute faculty share prestigious neuroscience prize
Ed Boyden and Feng Zhang awarded the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize
Two MIT juniors named Truman Scholars
McCord, Okuneye awarded $30,000 for graduate study toward careers in government, non-profits.
Researchers show that memories reside in specific brain cells
Simply activating a tiny number of neurons can conjure an entire memory.
New tools to answer timeless questions
Alan Jasanoff is designing imaging sensors that could help reveal the brain’s inner workings.
The power of being heard
When it comes to intergroup conflict, the group with less power benefits more from sharing its perspective.
Reversing Alzheimer’s gene ‘blockade’ can restore memory, other cognitive functions
Neuroscientists show that HDAC2 enzyme could be a good target for new drugs.
Neuroscientists link brain-wave pattern to energy consumption
New model of neuro-electric activity could help scientists better understand quiescent brain states such as coma.
My connectome, myself
Neuroscientist Sebastian Seung is on a quest to map brain connections that reveal how our memories and personalities take root.
James DiCarlo to head Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
New department head succeeds Mriganka Sur, who will lead the new Simons Center for the Social Brain at MIT.
MIT faculty speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Talks explore the mind/machine interface and the science of predicting the economy, among other topics.