Predicting change in the Alzheimer’s brain
Combining MRI and other data helps machine-learning systems predict effects of neurodegenerative disease.
MIT-USAID program releases evaluation of water filters
Study of water filters used in Indian homes assesses suitability, scalability, and sustainability.
Big range of behaviors for tiny graphene pores
Like biological channels, graphene pores are selective for certain types of ions.
How the brain recognizes objects
Neuroscientists find evidence that the brain’s inferotemporal cortex can identify objects.
Microbe sleuth
Tanja Bosak examines how life and the Earth evolved in tandem during their early history together.
Significant foundation grant extends two-way partnership with Italy through 2020
Agreement will support a number of joint research projects, seminars, lectures, and other programming.
Solar excitement
Modeling electron excitation in organic photovoltaic material could change the future of solar energy.
More-flexible machine learning
Giving machine-learning systems “partial credit” during training improves image classification.
Finding a noninvasive way to measure pressure in the brain
MIT researchers team up with Boston Medical Center and Philips to test a noninvasive way to measure intracranial pressure.
Messing with the monsoon
Study: Manmade aerosols can alter rainfall in the world’s most populous region.
Soft robotic hand can pick up and identify a wide array of objects
Team from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab develops silicone rubber gripper and advanced object-identification algorithms.
Heidi Williams wins MacArthur “genius grant”
Economist who studies medical research and intellectual property wins $625,000 prize.
“A day a week” for postdocs helps bring MIT research inventions to market
Translational Fellows Program deadline for applications is Sept. 30.
A natural light switch
MIT scientists identify and map the protein behind a light-sensing mechanism.