A new way to look at data privacy
Researchers create a privacy technique that protects sensitive data while maintaining a machine-learning model’s performance.
Cutting urban carbon emissions by retrofitting buildings
Study shows that cities’ plans often won’t achieve their goals, but decarbonizing the local grid could make the difference.
How an “AI-tocracy” emerges
In China, the use of AI-driven facial recognition helps the regime repress dissent while enhancing the technology, researchers report.
Generative AI imagines new protein structures
“FrameDiff” is a computational tool that uses generative AI to craft new protein structures, with the aim of accelerating drug development and improving gene therapy.
Study: The ocean’s color is changing as a consequence of climate change
The color changes reflect significant shifts in essential marine ecosystems.
Why big changes early in life can help later on
Study shows moving can help foster a more robust social network, by strengthening “long ties” with others.
Studying rivers from worlds away
A new technique uses remote images to gauge the strength of ancient and active rivers beyond Earth.
Magnetic robots walk, crawl, and swim
New soft-bodied robots that can be controlled by a simple magnetic field are well suited to work in confined spaces.
Learning the language of molecules to predict their properties
This AI system only needs a small amount of data to predict molecular properties, which could speed up drug discovery and material development.
MIT scientists build a system that can generate AI models for biology research
BioAutoMATED, an open-source, automated machine-learning platform, aims to help democratize artificial intelligence for research labs.
Focus on function helps identify the changes that made us human
A new approach for identifying significant differences in gene use between closely-related species provides insights into human evolution.
MIT physicists generate the first snapshots of fermion pairs
The images shed light on how electrons form superconducting pairs that glide through materials without friction.
Researchers grow precise arrays of nanoLEDs
A new technique produces perovskite nanocrystals right where they’re needed, so the exceedingly delicate materials can be integrated into nanoscale devices.
The chore of packing just got faster and easier
A new computational method facilitates the dense placement of objects inside a rigid container.
Superconducting qubit foundry accelerates progress in quantum research
The foundry gives the wider research community access to Lincoln Laboratory’s expertise in fabricating quantum circuits.