What's in a face?
McGovern Institute researchers find that the brain starts to register gender and age before recognizing a face.
McGovern Institute researchers find that the brain starts to register gender and age before recognizing a face.
Sensor can monitor wiring in a building or ship, and signal when repairs are needed.
Algorithm designs optimized machine-learning models up to 200 times faster than traditional methods.
Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving en masse to transport objects.
Maike Sonnewald adapts a method that identifies areas of the global ocean with similar physics, revealing global dynamical regimes.
The MIT community is invited to comment on ways to increase sharing of research, data, software, and more.
Symposium featuring former astronauts and other Apollo mission luminaries examines the program’s legacy.
Gripper device inspired by “origami magic ball” can grasp wide array of delicate and heavy objects.
MIT researchers find a new way to make nanoscale measurements of fields in more than one dimension.
Major tectonic collisions near the equator have caused three ice ages in the last 540 million years.
At relatively balmy temperatures, heat behaves like sound when moving through graphite, study reports.
Noninvasive treatment improves memory and reduces amyloid plaques in mice.
Study suggests an alternative way to treat tumors that are dependent on the cancer-promoting Myc protein.
Most pills contain compounds with potential to cause allergic reactions or discomfort in some patients.