- When did human language emerge?A new analysis suggests our language capacity existed at least 135,000 years ago, with language used widely perhaps 35,000 years after that.
- High-performance computing, with much less codeThe Exo 2 programming language enables reusable scheduling libraries external to compilers.
- When did human language emerge?A new analysis suggests our language capacity existed at least 135,000 years ago, with language used widely perhaps 35,000 years after that.
- High-performance computing, with much less codeThe Exo 2 programming language enables reusable scheduling libraries external to compilers.
- MIT engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapyA new, highly efficient process for performing this conversion could make it easier to develop therapies for spinal cord injuries or diseases like ALS.
- Want to climb the leadership ladder? Try debate trainingExperiments find debate training boosts careers by enhancing assertiveness and communications techniques.
- How nature organizes itself, from brain cells to ecosystemsMcGovern Institute researchers develop a mathematical model to help define how modularity occurs in the brain — and across nature.
- Study: Climate change will reduce the number of satellites that can safely orbit in spaceIncreasing greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the atmosphere’s ability to burn up old space junk, MIT scientists report.
- Study: Tuberculosis relies on protective genes during airborne transmissionThe findings provide new drug targets for stopping the infection’s spread.
- Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right directionNew research could allow a person to correct a robot’s actions in real-time, using the kind of feedback they’d give another human.
- Knitted microtissue can accelerate healingLincoln Laboratory and MIT researchers are creating new types of bioabsorbable fabrics that mimic the unique way soft tissues stretch while nurturing growing cells.
- Study: The ozone hole is healing, thanks to global reduction of CFCsNew results show with high statistical confidence that ozone recovery is going strong.
- Study suggests new molecular strategy for treating fragile X syndromeEnhancing activity of a specific component of neurons’ “NMDA” receptors normalized protein synthesis, neural activity, and seizure susceptibility in the hippocampus of fragile X lab mice.
- Letterlocking: A new look at a centuries-old practiceA first history of the document security technology, co-authored by MIT Libraries’ Jana Dambrogio, provides new tools for interdisciplinary research.
- Designing better ways to deliver drugsGraduate student and MathWorks Fellow Louis DeRidder is developing a device to make chemotherapy dosing more accurate for individual patients.
- Seeing more in expansion microscopyNew methods light up lipid membranes and let researchers see sets of proteins inside cells with high resolution.
- Collaborating to advance research and innovation on essential chips for AIAgreement between MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and GlobalFoundries aims to deliver power efficiencies for data centers and ultra-low power consumption for intelligent devices at the edge.
- Will neutrons compromise the operation of superconducting magnets in a fusion plant?Tests suggest these powerful magnets will not suffer immediate loss of performance during irradiation.
- An ancient RNA-guided system could simplify delivery of gene editing therapiesThe programmable proteins are compact, modular, and can be directed to modify DNA in human cells.
- Sometimes, when competitors collaborate, everybody winsEngineers developed a planning tool that can help independent entities decide when they should invest in joint projects.
- MIT physicists find unexpected crystals of electrons in an ultrathin materialRhombohedral graphene reveals new exotic interacting electron states.
- Fiber computer allows apparel to run apps and “understand” the wearerMIT researchers developed a fiber computer and networked several of them into a garment that learns to identify physical activities.
