Learning more about the brain
Pawan Sinha explores the cognitive dynamics behind our visual understanding of the world around us.
J-PAL North America launches health care delivery innovation competition
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT aims to help U.S. health care leaders find solutions to key challenges in health care delivery.
Startup bringing driverless taxi service to Singapore
Fleet of autonomous vehicles will serve as convenient form of public transit while reducing emissions.
Voice-controlled calorie counter
Spoken-language app makes meal logging easier, could aid weight loss.
Forming patches boosts bacterial life
By clustering, cells can work together to survive challenging environments, MIT researchers show.
Study reveals a basis for attention deficits
New findings could help scientists develop treatments for ADHD and other disorders.
Feng Zhang receives 2016 Canada Gairdner International Award
Broad/MIT scientist among five honored as pioneers of CRISPR-Cas9 system.
New chemistries found for liquid batteries
Grid-scale approach to rechargeable power storage gets new arsenal of possible materials.
Toward a better understanding of the brain
Genome-editing pioneer Feng Zhang hopes his work will shed light on neurological disorders.
Nanocrystal self-assembly sheds its secrets
A new approach gives a real-time look at how the complex structures form.
3 Questions: The origin of the cosmos’ heaviest elements
Unique galaxy offers clues to the extreme conditions that yield the heavies of the periodic table.
Physicists prove energy input predicts molecular behavior
Theoretical proof could lead to more reliable nanomachines.
New way to control particle motions on 2-D materials
Study points the way to new photonic devices with one-way traffic lanes.
Secure, user-controlled data
Cryptographic system would allow users to decide which applications access which aspects of their data.
Joining efforts to build a more sustainable future
Sixth Annual CEE Research Speed Dating showcases research to promote collaboration