Uncovering a dynamic cortex
Neuroscientists show that multiple cortical regions are needed to process information.
School of Engineering awards for 2015
Awards were given to outstanding faculty, and graduate, and undergraduate students.
Recalling happier memories can reverse depression
Artificially reactivating positive memories could offer an alternative to traditional antidepressants.
Small thunderstorms may add up to massive cyclones on Saturn
New model may predict cyclone activity on other planets.
National Geographic identifies six from MIT community as "Emerging Explorers"
Students, researchers, and alumni among 14 honored as "young trailblazers."
MIT team creates ultracold molecules
At near absolute zero, molecules may start to exhibit exotic states of matter.
Vanishing friction
In tuning friction to the point where it disappears, technique could boost development of nanomachines.
DNA breakage underlies both learning, age-related damage
Process that allows brains to learn and remember also leads to degeneration with age.
A check on runaway lake drainage
Draining lakes are unlikely to increase the Greenland ice sheet’s contribution to sea-level rise.
Bringing biochemistry to life with color
Senior biology and chemistry major Daniel Zhang helps build noninvasive cancer diagnostic tools.
A new tool measures the distance between phonon collisions
Tabletop setup provides more nuanced picture of heat production in microelectronics.
Circular orbits identified for small exoplanets
Observations of 74 Earth-sized planets around distant stars may narrow field of habitable candidates.
Researchers find “lost” memories
Scientists use optogenetics to reactivate memories that could not otherwise be retrieved.