Cleaner air, longer lives
Research shows the Clean Air Act was likely responsible for a dramatic decline in atmospheric organic aerosol.
How the brain selectively remembers new places
Neuroscientists identify a circuit that helps the brain record memories of new locations.
Dongkeun Park: Winding his way to medical insights
Francis Bitter Magnet Lab researcher continues a decades-long pursuit to create a revolutionary magnet for nuclear magnetic resolution spectroscopy.
Turning real estate data into decision-making tools
New Real Estate Price Dynamics Research Platform from the MIT Center for Real Estate offers predictive power to investors.
New depth sensors could be sensitive enough for self-driving cars
Computational method improves the resolution of time-of-flight depth sensors 1,000-fold.
Can computers help us synthesize new materials?
Machine-learning system finds patterns in materials “recipes,” even when training data is lacking.
New technique allows rapid screening for new types of solar cells
Approach could bypass the time-consuming steps currently needed to test new photovoltaic materials.
Street signs
Study shows how seriously investors took the possibility of a democratic revolution during Egypt’s Arab Spring.
MIT Teaching Systems Lab to address assessments in maker education
Thanks to a National Science Foundation grant, TSL will collaborate with Maker Ed to improve school-based assessment practices in maker-centered education.
Auto-tuning data science: New research streamlines machine learning
A new automated machine-learning system performs as well or better than its human counterparts — and works 100 times faster.
Capturing the properties of very hot compounds
MIT researchers demonstrate a new electrochemical method to study thermodynamic processes in an ultra-high temperature molten oxide.
Computer systems predict objects’ responses to physical forces
Results may help explain how humans do the same thing.
Students launch products that help users harness their superpowers
In final presentation for mechanical engineering class, students unveil new products based on superhero theme.
Engineers create plants that glow
Illumination from nanobionic plants might one day replace some electrical lighting.