Latinx youth benefit from ethnic pride and culture

Cultural preservation can help Latinx youth cope with adverse life experiences and social threats such as racism and discrimination, a study finds.

Karen Nikos-UC Davis • futurity
July 25, 2023 ~5 min

Why more women are skipping the doctor’s scale

"The first step is getting the message out there that you can refuse being weighed. Most people don't know," says Virginia Ramseyer Winter.

Pate McCuien-U. Missouri • futurity
July 24, 2023 ~5 min


A new vision for ultrasound imaging

Ultrasound research specialist and 2023 MIT Excellence Award winner Nicole Henning adapts ultrasound technology for more sensitive, less invasive imaging for disease modeling.

Koch Institute • mit
July 24, 2023 ~8 min

A new dataset of Arctic images will spur artificial intelligence research

The dataset, being collected as part of a US Coast Guard science mission, will be released open source to help advance naval mission planning and climate change studies.

Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
July 24, 2023 ~7 min

‘Live reporters’ capture action in living cells

"Live reporter" technology can reveal the workings of networks of signaling proteins in living cells, researchers report.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
July 18, 2023 ~6 min

Mounting research documents the harmful effects of social media use on mental health, including body image and development of eating disorders

Research shows that social media, with it endless promotion of unrealistic standards of beauty, has had a negative impact on millions of young people.

Emily Hemendinger, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
June 7, 2023 ~10 min

Tiny diamond rotor could improve protein studies

A new way of machining microscale rotors from diamond crystal can enable ultrasensitive NMR devices for probing proteins and other materials.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
May 24, 2023 ~10 min

A better way to match 3D volumes

By mapping the volumes of objects, rather than their surfaces, a new technique could yield solutions to computer graphics problems in animation and CAD.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 24, 2023 ~9 min


Researchers use AI to identify similar materials in images

This machine-learning method could assist with robotic scene understanding, image editing, or online recommendation systems.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 23, 2023 ~8 min

From molecular to whole-brain scale in a simple animal, study reveals serotonin’s effects

With full genetic control and visibility into neural activity and behavior, MIT scientists map out chemical’s role in behavior.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
May 22, 2023 ~7 min

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